But my guess is that for everyone who has it on their phone, it would stop working in various ways," said Kentaro Toyama, a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information.įCC Commissioner Brendan Carr on whether TikTok could be banned 03:08 Who could buy TikTok? "Everyone who's installed it would still have it. If a ban survived the lawsuits, it would most likely result in Apple and Google, who run the vast majority of smartphones in the U.S., removing TikTok from their app stores and turning off app updates. One law and technology expert said any TikTok ban wouldn't kick in immediately, since the video platform and some users would likely challenge it in court. Commerce Secretary to ban foreign technology companies, as well as encourages the intelligence service to declassify information on potential risks. The RESTRICT Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate this month, allows the U.S. However, China pushed back against this possibility Thursday, with a government spokesperson saying "China will firmly oppose" any forced sale of the app. subsidiary or sell it to an American company, CBS News has confirmed. "Congress must not censor entire platforms and strip Americans of their constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression," said Jenna Leventoff, senior policy counsel at the ACLU.The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews transactions that could affect national security, has been pressuring ByteDance to spin off its U.S.
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In a letter to federal lawmakers on Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union voiced opposition to a full ban of TikTok. "Because we have a First Amendment right to receive information, even information from adversary countries." "I'm skeptical that a ban would survive constitutional scrutiny in the U.S.," Anupam Chander, a professor of law and technology at Georgetown University, told ABC News. Moreover, if such a move did take place, it would face a challenge in the courts, they added. citing the dramatic intervention into the private sector that it would require. ban, the likelihood of such a move remains low, experts told ABC News. operation.ĭespite momentum among lawmakers for a full U.S. TikTok has undergone a yearslong review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which could result in a ban of the app or a forced sale of the company's U.S. MORE: What to know about Microsoft's controversial Bing AI chatbot The House Foreign Affairs Committee is weighing a measure that would grant Biden new authority to ban TikTok. Some lawmakers and advocates, however, have sought to extend the ban to all U.S. states have taken steps toward a partial or full ban of TikTok on government devices. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in March about the company's data security practices, the committee said last month. "We hope that when it comes to addressing national security concerns about TikTok beyond government devices, Congress will explore solutions that won't have the effect of censoring the voices of millions of Americans," the company added. These bans are little more than political theater." ban of the app on government-issue devices, TikTok told ABC News: "The ban of TikTok on federal devices was passed in December without any deliberation, and unfortunately that approach has served as a blueprint for other world governments.
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"That includes how to work with Congress on this issue further." "We'll continue to look at other actions that we can take," Olivia Dalton, the White House principal deputy press secretary, told reporters on Tuesday. Here's what to know about why TikTok is being banned, and whether government officials would eventually prevent everyday users from accessing the app:
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However, the fight to ban TikTok risks imposing undue limits on free speech and private business, mimicking the type of censorship for which some Western countries have faulted China, according to some experts and civil liberties advocates. TikTok, which has more than 100 million monthly active users in the U.S., has faced growing scrutiny from government officials over fears that user data could fall into the possession of the Chinese government and the app could ultimately be weaponized by China to spread misinformation. and other Western countries escalated in recent days, as some U.S lawmakers pushed to give President Joe Biden the authority to impose a ban on the app for all users.Ĭanada banned TikTok on government-issued mobile devices on Monday, following a similar ban from the European Union last week. The backlash against China-owned TikTok in the U.S.
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