{"id":560838,"date":"2023-03-08T03:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T00:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tiktok-under-fire-from-bill-backed-by-white-house\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T03:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T00:36:32","slug":"tiktok-under-fire-from-bill-backed-by-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiktok-under-fire-from-bill-backed-by-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"#TikTok Under Fire From Bill Backed by White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30e68d4922b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30e68d4922b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiktok-under-fire-from-bill-backed-by-white-house\/#TikTok_Under_Fire_From_Bill_Backed_by_White_House\" >TikTok Under Fire From Bill Backed by White House<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TikTok_Under_Fire_From_Bill_Backed_by_White_House\"><\/span>TikTok Under Fire From Bill Backed by White House<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The White House is supporting a bipartisan measure to take action against TikTok and other companies subject to influence from foreign adversaries that could threaten national security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    A bill introduced on Monday would establish a new, unified framework for reviewing and addressing foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. Under the measure, the Commerce Department would have the authority to review, block or otherwise mitigate a range of transactions involving foreign information and communications technology products and services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The legislation, called the RESTRICT Act, also empowers Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo to recommend to the president divestiture orders, which could include forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok. Outright bans of foreign-owned companies are not mentioned in the bill, but such measures are in play under far-reaching language directing the department to \u201cdeter, disrupt, prevent, prohibit and mitigate\u201d risks arising from foreign adversaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The effort \u2014 led by Mark Warner, D-Va., the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and John Thune, R-SD, the Senate Republican whip \u2014 comes after Republicans on a House committee rammed through a bill on Wednesday that would effectively ban TikTok on mobile devices in the U.S over opposition from Democrats, who said that it could ensnare U.S. businesses that don\u2019t pose a national security risk. The bipartisan bill introduced on Tuesday represents what could be the most achievable legislative solution to address concerns that the data TikTok collects on more than 100 million American users can be leveraged by the Chinese government to advance its interests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cThis legislation would provide the U.S. government with new mechanisms to mitigate the national security risks posed by high-risk technology businesses operating in the United States,\u201d said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in a statement. \u201cCritically, it would strengthen our ability to address discrete risks posed by individual transactions, and systemic risks posed by certain classes of transactions involving countries of concern in sensitive technology sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In a statement, TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter said that the \u201cswiftest and most thorough way to address any national security concerns about TikTok is for CFIUS to adopt the proposed agreement that we worked with them on for nearly two years,\u201d referring to The US Committee on Foreign Investment\u2019s long-running review of ByteDance\u2019s 2017 merger of TikTok and Musical.ly. The company proposed in August to permit its Chinese parent company to continue owning the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> in a deal that would silo U.S. user data and restrict access by employees in China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWe have been waiting for CFIUS to finalize our agreement for over six months now, while our status has been debated in public in a way that is divorced from the facts of that agreement and what we\u2019ve achieved already,\u201d she added. \u201cWe will continue to do our part to deliver a comprehensive national security plan for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Tuesday\u2019s bill is targeted at any entity subject to foreign influence that owns or manages information and communications technology products and services that have at least one million annual active users. The Commerce Secretary would have to identify and take action against companies that pose a risk of sabotaging the operation of communications technology, affecting the resilience of the digital economy or interfering in federal elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Foreign governments and regimes are defined as entitles that have \u201cengaged in a longterm pattern or serious instances\u201d of undermining US national security. China, North Korea and Russia, among others, are specifically named in the legislation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The lawmakers who introduced the measure argue that foreign technology, including telecommunications equipment, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> applications, security software and e-commerce platforms, have become increasingly embedded within the US information and communications networks. They say that the government has struggled to identify and respond to threats posed by such entities, pointing to Kaspersky antivirus software, telecommunications equipment supplied by Huawei and software products from firms based in China. While individual agencies have attempted address foreign technology threats, efforts have been disjointed and have failed to comprehensively address identified risks due to the \u201ccomplexity and interconnectedness of the global ICT supply chain,\u201d the senators said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The bill also directs intelligence agencies to provide declassified information to \u201ceducate the public and business community about the threat\u201d posed by technology from foreign adversaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The legislation is intended, in part, to undermine intervention by the courts. Lawmakers say that the \u201cmeasured, risk-based approach is especially vital in the context of personal communications services, where federal courts have blocked prior efforts to take remedial steps against foreign software vendors as insufficiently tailored and based on insufficiently-substantiated risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The senators were referencing when TikTok in 2020 successfully argued that the former president\u2019s effort to force a sale of the company to a U.S. firm violated an amendment to a Cold War-era law that removed the president\u2019s authority to regulate the exchange of cultural goods between the U.S. and hostile nations. They also could\u2019ve been referring to a federal judge that same year blocking a government directive requiring Apple and Google to remove Tencent\u2019s WeChat from their app stores. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler found that the order could infringe on users\u2019 First Amendment rights by making the app unusable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    TikTok confirmed in November that China-based employees could gain remote access to European user data. Reporting by BuzzFeed <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> has also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/emilybakerwhite\/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access\">revealed<\/a> that company employees in China had access to US user data. There\u2019s no evidence that the Chinese government has demanded American user data from TikTok or parent company ByteDance or influenced the content users see on the platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Among the foremost concerns from lawmakers is that the company could be forced to tweak its algorithm to boost content that undermines U.S. democratic institutions or muffles criticism of foreign adversaries. A third of TikTok\u2019s adult users report that they regularly access news from the app, according to Pew survey in 2022. Forbes has reported on the ability of TikTok staff to \u201csecretly handpick videos and supercharge their distribution, using a practice known internally as heating.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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