A bill appears that would punish app stores that host TikTok



Representative Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Communist Party of China, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, local time. (Democrat of Illinois) announced a bill to protect Americans from applications controlled by foreign adversaries. In the United States, there has been a movement toward

banning TikTok , and this bill is a new initiative to follow.

Gallagher, Bipartisan Coalition Introduce Legislation to Protect Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications, Including TikTok | Select Committee on the CCP
https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/press-releases/gallagher-bipartisan-coalition-introduce-legislation-protect-americans-0



Lawmakers introduce bill that would punish app stores for hosting TikTok - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24091278/congress-tiktok-bytedance-ban-divest-bill

WH works with Hill to ban TikTok
https://punchbowl.news/article/gallagher-krishnamoorthi-tiktok-bill-gets-white-house-backing/

US legislators push for ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/lawmakers-seek-force-bytedance-divest-tiktok-or-face-us-ban-2024-03-05/

The Protecting Americans from Applications Controlled by Foreign Adversaries Act, introduced by Representatives Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi, would require applications that are controlled by foreign adversaries to It prohibits the use of app stores and web hosting services in the United States unless otherwise agreed.

The bill cites ByteDance, the developer of TikTok, as an example, stating, ``Unless we sever our relationship with ByteDance, which is under the control of the Chinese government, applications controlled by ByteDance, including TikTok, will become US domestic apps.'' Stores and web hosting services are prohibited.

If an app store continues to distribute 'an application under the control of a foreign adversary,' the store will be fined $5,000 for each American user who 'accesses or updates' that application. Looks like it will be.



It would also create a process for the President of the United States to designate social media companies operated by 'foreign adversaries' such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as subject to the bill. In other words, applications owned by the specified companies and distributed in the United States must be disconnected from American app stores and web hosting services.

In 2020, the United States requested ByteDance to ``sell TikTok to an American company'' due to privacy concerns and multiple legal violations against TikTok. However, this effort ultimately failed to materialize due to concerns about the scope of existing laws and the powers granted to the government.

President Trump demands that TikTok ``sell to an American company by September 15, 2020,'' Microsoft offers to acquire - GIGAZINE



The proposed Protecting Americans from Applications Controlled by Foreign Enemies Act is designed to avoid potential constitutional concerns. Although ByteDance is named as an example, it is designed to avoid being seen as a penalty against individual companies.

TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, which claims that American user data is stored on servers in the United States and cannot be accessed from ByteDance's headquarters. However, some point out that ``American data is still being shared with the Chinese headquarters.'' The reason why the US government is reluctant to ``store information about US citizens on servers in China'' is that the Chinese government may force US users to hand over their information due to China's national security law. This is because I am concerned.

TikTok's attempts to prevent access from China have not been successful, and it is pointed out that users' IP addresses are being shared with the Chinese parent company - GIGAZINE



TikTok spokesperson Alex Howrek said of the bill, ``No matter how hard the creators try to hide it, it's clear that this is meant to ban TikTok.'' It would trample on the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans and deprive 5 million small businesses of TikTok, which they rely on for growth and job creation.' A similar statement was posted on TikTok Policy, one of TikTok's official X (formerly Twitter) accounts.




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