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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said Sunday he will introduce a broadly bipartisan bill this week that will outline an approach to banning or banning foreign technology, like the popular video sharing app TikTok.
TikTok is a short-form video platform used by more than 100 million Americans. Data privacy concerns have swirled around the app, which is owned by its parent company, ByteDance, which is based in China and privately held.
Warner said he is discussing the bill with Senator John Thune, RS.D., adding that he is concerned about the type of content Americans are viewing on TikTok.
“They’re taking Americans’ data, not keeping it safe, but what worries me more with TikTok is that this could be a propaganda tool,” he told “Fox News Sunday.”
The Warner Act was introduced after the US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to pass a bill that would grant the President Joe Biden authority to ban TikTok. The bill passed the Republican-controlled committee 24-16 by the party line, with unanimous Republican support and no Democratic votes.
But even with the law come before the committee Last week, lawmakers had a long way to go before any real bans could be enforced.
Assuming the bill were passed by the Republican-controlled House, the Democratic-led Senate would have to pass some version of it, which would be a challenge based on the opposition already in place. voiced by some Democrats. If it passes the Senate, Biden still needs to decide whether to veto it or sign it.
TikTok is no stranger to challenges from US officials, like the former President Donald Trump declare his intention to ban app by executive action in 2020. Congress banned TikTok from government devices as part of bipartisan spending bill in December, some Governor has removed the app from state computer networks—including at public universities—and Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., went on to call for an outright nationwide ban in January.
