Mar 08, 2023 14:01:00

A bipartisan group submits a bill for the `` RESTRICT Act '' that regulates the use of applications and technologies with security risks such as TikTok

In the United States, where

measures to ban apps deemed to have security risks such as TikTok are progressing, a bipartisan group of senators announced the ``Restriction of threats that endanger information and communication technology (RESTRICT Act)''. ” was submitted.

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Tackle National Security Threats from Foreign Tech - Press Releases - Mark R. Warner
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?id=A60981F5-0DB9-45E9-BF96-150C22E45B61

The bill was submitted by a group of 12 bipartisan senators, including Democratic Senator Mark R. Warner and Republican Senator John Thune.

“ Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology ACT: RESTRICT Act” includes the following : .

Invite the Secretary of Commerce to establish measures to identify, deter, suspend, prevent, prohibit, or mitigate transactions in information and communication technology products of interest to foreign adversaries that pose undue or unacceptable risks to national security; demand.
・Evaluation of information and communications products and technologies used in critical infrastructure, products essential to telecommunications products, or products related to specific emerging, foundational, or disruptive technologies that have a significant impact on national security give priority to
• Ensure comprehensive action to address the risks of unreliable foreign information and communications technology products by requiring the Secretary of Commerce to take into consideration activities identified by other government agencies.
The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, will provide declassified information on how undue or unacceptable risks were created when transactions were denied or otherwise suppressed. Educate the public and business community about the threat by asking for

Warner said Russia's Kaspersky Lab, then Huawei and ZTE, and then TikTok had technologies and entities that threatened the nation, and to combat potentially dangerous sources of technology before they gained a foothold in the United States. approach is needed.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said he welcomed the bill's introduction and said he would work with Democrats and Republicans to urge Congress to act quickly to get the bill to the president. .

Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Introduction of the RESTRICT Act | The White House

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/07/statement-from-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-introduction-of-the-restrict- act/

As a countermeasure against TikTok, the Senate has already approved a `` bill to ban the use of TikTok on government devices '', and some states are taking individual bans.

``A bill prohibiting the use of TikTok on government smartphones, etc.'' has been unanimously approved by the Senate, and 13 states in the United States have already taken measures to ban TikTok-GIGAZINE

In March 2023, the House Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill to ban apps deemed by the government to be ``security risks''. There are lawmakers who oppose that this bill is too strict, and TikTok also expresses disappointment that 'the quick-fix bill has passed.'

A bill to ban apps deemed by the government to be 'security risky' centered on TikTok is approved by the US House Foreign Affairs Committee-GIGAZINE