McConnell Backs House-Passed Bill That Could Ban TikTok

Published on April 8, 2024

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called for the Senate to act to restrict TikTok in a speech on the Senate Floor on April 8. The Senate minority leader said that the app is “a platform that is beholden to our foremost strategic competitor,” as the Senate has halted the bill that would ban the operation of the social media platform TikTok if parent company, Bytedance, maintains its stake in the company. The House passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act in a bipartisan 352–65 vote on March 13. “America’s greatest strategic rival is threatening our security right here on U.S. soil in tens of millions of Americans’ homes,” Mr. McConnell said in the Senate floor on April 8....

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