Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and 14 other Republican senators and representatives are calling on President Joe Biden to delete newly created TikTok accounts, saying the app is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. ing.
“TikTok, the social media app controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, is a national security risk to the United States,” Sen. Rubio said in a statement Tuesday.
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“Republicans and Democrats in Congress, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and President Joe Biden’s White House are aware of this threat,” the statement added.
Notably, TikTok borrows from ByteDance, a Chinese company that benefits from a hostile foreign state.
Sen. Rubio’s statement went on to point out that Biden’s re-election campaign has created an account on China’s TikTok.
That’s why the senator and his colleagues sent a letter to the president, urging him to “immediately delete” the campaign’s TikTok account and “prioritize America’s national security.”
“TikTok poses a national security risk, and this concern is exacerbated by the platform’s appeal to America’s youth,” the letter sent to Biden said.
“For the past several years, officials on both sides of the aisle have warned Americans not to download TikTok and worked to eliminate the national security risks posed by the app,” the letter claims.
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For example, FBI Director Christopher Wray said TikTok “raises national security concerns.” Paul Nakasone, former head of the U.S. Cyber Command and former head of the National Security Agency, also called TikTok a “loaded gun.”
Additionally, you supported legislation to ban TikTok from government devices. Perhaps they signed this bill considering the privacy risks associated with this app. The US Department of Defense (DoD) went a step further and imposed a ban on TikTok for DoD contractors. Some universities have also adopted this ban.
I mean, there was a time when your administration was publicly stating the threat posed by TikTok. The current disregard for TikTok’s established national security risks is therefore deeply troubling.
How can the federal government warn Americans about the dangers of this app if the commander-in-chief also uses it? Why, when the president disputes the law’s core justification? Are public officials expected to abide by the ban on official equipment? And why should Americans Should they trust you to protect them from foreign threats? The presidency values leadership. By downloading TikTok, you are setting a bad example for the American people and making them less safe for bargains.
“We urge you to delete your account and publicly acknowledge the national security threat TikTok poses,” the letter added.
The other senators who signed the letter to Biden along with Rubio are Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri). It was Mr.
Representatives Troy Neals (R-TX), Byron Donald (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), and Jack Bergman (R-MI) ), Carlos Jimenez (R-FL), Aaron Bean (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Elise Stefanik (R-New York) and Michael Walz (R-Florida) also signed the letter.
As Breitbart News reported, Biden recently joined Chinese apps to reach younger voters, releasing his first video during Sunday’s Super Bowl. The president uploaded his first TikTok video on Sunday with the caption, “LOL, hey guys.”
@bidenhq lol, hey guys
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