Joe Biden says he would signal invoice banning TikTok

Joe Biden has mentioned he would signal laws banning widespread video-sharing app TikTok within the United States.

Legislation handed via the US House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously on Thursday calling on China’s ByteDance to divest its possession of TikTok or successfully face a US ban.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who helps the invoice, has indicated it can quickly come up for a full vote within the House.

“If they pass it, I’ll sign it,” Mr Biden mentioned when requested by reporters in regards to the laws.

The White House had offered technical assist within the drafting of the invoice, however White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned earlier this week the TikTok laws “still needs some work” to get to a spot the place Mr Biden would endorse it.

Former president Donald Trump, the probably Republican presidential candidate, posted on his Truth Social platform on Thursday saying he opposed a ban as a result of it could assist rival social media platform Facebook.

He beforehand issued, then rescinded, an govt motion late in his presidency meant to ban TikTok and one other widespread app, WeChat.

Both the FBI and Federal Communications Commission have warned TikTok proprietor ByteDance might share consumer information, comparable to shopping historical past, location and biometric identifiers, with China’s authoritarian authorities.

TikTok mentioned it has by no means finished that and wouldn’t achieve this if requested.

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In 2022 Mr Biden banned the usage of TikTok by the federal authorities’s practically 4 million staff on gadgets owned by its companies, with restricted exceptions for legislation enforcement, nationwide safety and safety analysis functions.

While his administration has raised nationwide safety issues about TikTok, Mr Biden’s re-election marketing campaign joined the platform final month.

The UK additionally banned TikTok from authorities telephones final 12 months, bringing it in keeping with the US, Canada and EU.