Warner is one of nearly 20 Senators who are supporting a bipartisan bill called the RESTRICT act, which would give the Department of Commerce the tools to track potential harm posed by foreign technology products.
“My approach would be a rules-based approach that would give the Secretary of Commerce tools that go against technology from countries like China, Russia, Iran, North Korea,” said Warner, “....Here’s something I think some folks have missed is the Chinese Communist Party has said, well, they would rather TikTok be banned in America than give up the source code, the algorithms, that make it so seductive and and addictive than to have that source code reside some place out of China.
Meanwhile TikTok’s CEO stressed to lawmakers that TikTok is not in mainland China. Rather, it is headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore. He said American workers oversee American data. Plus, he said TikTok has installed a firewall to protect information. And, the platform is currently working to delete any legacy data that may not have fallen under the security upgrades.
“When that is done, all protected U.S. data will be under the protection of US law and under the control the US-led security team. This eliminates the concern that some of you have shared with me, that total user data can be subject to Chinese law. This goes further, by the way, than any other company in our industry has done,” said Chew.
Social media influencers and small businesses have argued that they rely on TikTok for income and exposure. Others argue, TikTok is a source of information for many people across the United States, including young voters. Warner had this to say to people who may be upset about the potential ban. “I think at the end of the day, we’ve got to make the case that this is a national security risk. And I believe enough in the market that some other app will show up that will provide this same kind of service. I think there’s a lot of creativity on TikTok and there’s a lot of social influencers who make their living. I think that will not disappear, and so there will be some way to express that creativity. And remember, this is not just an American issue.
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