WASHINGTON, March 22 —The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on passage of a new law...
WASHINGTON, March 22 —The Biden administration is under pressure to ban popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but any such move likely hinges on passage of a new law that bolsters the government’s authority to regulate speech, experts said.
That means any move to block the app likely depends on passage of legislation like the RESTRICT ACT, a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators this month granting the Commerce Department new power to ban foreign technology that poses a national security risk. That would circumvent the speech protections embedded in existing law, lawyers and China watchers said.
TikTok chief executive officer, Shou Zi Chew, will testify tomorrow before the House Energy and Commerce Committee and face tough questions from those lawmakers who want to ban the app. In that instance, the executive order relied on by Trump had a major hurdle: it derived its power from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which carves out the import or export of “informational materials,” and “personal communication” through the Berman amendment, which sought to protect speech.
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