The Harlow Report-GIS
2023 Edition
ISSN 0742-468X
Since 1978
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first published week of: 02/06/2023
Biden White House Faces Congressional Pressure to Ban TikTok
by Emily Birnbaum and Daniel Flatley, Bloomberg News
The attention on TikTok underscores concerns in Congress that its parent, ByteDance Ltd., could share information with Chinese authorities. It’s also part of a broader bipartisan focus on ways the U.S. can counter China’s rising strategic influence.
The growing clamor in Congress to completely ban the popular social media platform TikTok in the U.S. raises the stakes for the Biden administration, which is in the late stages of reviewing the security risks of the app.
Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday introduced legislation to prohibit TikTok, owned by a Chinese company, from all devices nationwide.Read full story at GovTech…