The House of Representatives will vote on a bill Wednesday that would force the controversial app TikTok to sever its ties with Chinese parent company ByteDance or be banned in the United States.
The bill poses the biggest threat yet to the video-sharing app, which has become wildly popular around the world.
TikTok has come to dominate the social media network, while also causing intense tensions among government and security officials over its ownership and potential subordination to Beijing’s Chinese Communist Party, AFP reported. report.
In response, the company has been lobbying lawmakers in Washington hard to win support for its wildly popular app, which has 170 million users in the United States.
TikTok has hired a consulting firm with ties to Biden as the Chinese social media app faces increased scrutiny from lawmakers. https://t.co/RucnvMCxuG
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) March 10, 2023
The vote is likely to take place at 10am (2pm GMT) and is expected to pass overwhelmingly in a rare moment of bipartisan support in politically divided Washington. .
The fate of the bill is unclear, with key figures in the Senate working to block such a bold move.
President Joe Biden will sign the bill, officially known as the Protecting Americans from Regulatory Applications by Foreign Adversaries Act, into law once it reaches his desk, the White House said. Announced.
The app has already been banned from U.S. government devices as a potential national security threat, and many governors have taken similar action in their states.
Lobbyists for the Chinese-owned app TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have repeatedly visited President Joe Biden’s White House, recently uncovered records show. https://t.co/WpT5xVYYDL
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 9, 2023
Peter Schweitzer’s book, Blood Money: Why those in power turn a blind eye while China kills Americanssays the Chinese government has used TikTok as a “modern-day Trojan horse” to inject propaganda into American youth.
Schweitzer, senior contributor to Breitbart News and director of the Government Accountability Institute, explains: blood money How did Zeng Huafeng of the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) discuss how to defeat the United States without firing a shot?
Zeng defines “cognitive space” as “the area where emotions, perceptions, understandings, beliefs, and values reside,” and argues that this is where the battle can be won. To that end, the Chinese government must use information and popular psychological and “Cultural products” need to be utilized. According to Zeng, cultural tools such as apps, video games, and movies should be used to “target individuals, groups, countries, and even people around the world.”
Schweitzer writes: blood money Chinese strategists have touted TikTok as “information-driven psychological warfare” against the United States.
