Federal agencies have 30 days to remove the app from government devices over concerns it poses to U.S. national security.
Representative Michael McCaul, a Republican and chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, who introduced the bill looking to allow an outright ban of TikTok, described the app as"a spy balloon into your phone."
The American Civil Liberties Union has spoken out against the legislation, writing to McCaul on Monday to claim that it would violate Americans' first amendment rights. Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 21, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Young issued a memo on Monday giving federal agencies hard deadlines on the TikTok ban.Reacting to the White House's move, Mao Ning, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a press briefing on Tuesday that Beijing"firmly" opposed the"wrong actions.
"How unsure of itself can the world's top superpower be to fear a young people's favorite app like that?" she said."The US.. has been over-stretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to suppress foreign companies."On Monday, Canada also announced a ban on the app from government devices, citing security concerns. Similar action has been taken in theIn July, a report by an Australian-U.S.
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