Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Monday that he believes former President Donald Trump was right to sound the alarm about TikTok and its national security implications. .
“It was a rare moment for me to say that Donald Trump was right,” Warner said during the Committee on Global Threats hearing. “But Donald Trump was right a few years ago to point out the huge national security concerns surrounding TikTok. Think not just in terms of data capture, but also in terms of the rate. I think there are about 170 million Americans who do.
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U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner speaks during a hearing on global threats in Washington, DC, March 8, 2023. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Warner also pointed out that many young Americans are using social media video apps to receive current news. The senator said the potential for China to spread propaganda through apps owned by the Chinese company ByteDance is “a serious national security issue.”
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During his 2020 presidential term, Trump signed an executive order that effectively banned the app in the United States, but that action was blocked by a court.
Following Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s speech commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, experts have sounded the alarm on the American media’s coverage of communist countries. (Xinhua/Shen Hong via Getty Images)
However, it appears that the current presidential candidates will change their tune in 2024. “Frankly, there are a lot of people who love TikTok,” President Trump said in an interview Monday. “There are a lot of young kids on TikTok who would otherwise be hooked.”
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TikTok has released a beta version of its Series and Creativity program that incentivizes creators to submit one-minute videos by only monetizing content that meets length requirements. (St. Petersburg)
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The former president’s reversal comes as the House prepares to vote on a bill that would force TikTok’s owners to either sell the company or ban the app in the United States.
Warner expressed optimism about the bill’s fate in the Senate if it passes the House. “I feel like this House bill has momentum,” he said.
