House Panel Unanimously Advances Bill That Could Ban TikTok

Published on March 7, 2024

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday unanimously approved two bills to secure Americans’ data and compel social Media giant TikTok to divest from its Chinese ownership. The committee’s 50–0 decision will allow the bills to move forward in the House, though it is unclear if the full Congress will express the same bipartisan support for the bills as the committee. Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said the effort was essential to ending the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to “target, surveil, and manipulate Americans.” “Protecting Americans’ data and addressing the serious national security threat posed by the CCP has been my top priority of all Congress,” Ms. McMorris Rodgers said....

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