{"id":46483,"date":"2024-03-18T02:02:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T02:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manitimes.com\/khanna-explains-opposition-to-tiktok-bill-while-senators-signal-openness\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T02:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T02:02:11","slug":"khanna-explains-opposition-to-tiktok-bill-while-senators-signal-openness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manitimes.com\/khanna-explains-opposition-to-tiktok-bill-while-senators-signal-openness\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanna Explains Opposition to TikTok Bill While Senators Signal Openness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Ro Khanna, the California Democrat representing Silicon Valley, laid out his case against a sweeping ban of the social media platform TikTok on Sunday after opposing legislation that overwhelmingly passed the House last week, saying the bill would be ineffective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The legislation passed the House, 352 to 65, on Wednesday, with Mr. Khanna among 50 Democrats, mostly from the progressive wing, who voted against it. He said the focus should be on enhancing data privacy laws rather than banning a social media platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat is the actual evidence that you couldn\u2019t pass a data privacy law or law banning data going to a foreign country, and get that done that way?\u201d Mr. Khanna, one of the progressive Democrats, said on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week.\u201d \u201cThe frustration is that we have not been able to pass these data privacy laws. Those laws would also cover data brokers which are selling data to Chinese companies. This bill is not actually addressing that issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Those who opposed the bill also cited concerns about violating Americans\u2019 right to free speech and hurting small-business owners who rely on TikTok for their marketing and sales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The legislation mandates that TikTok\u2019s parent company, ByteDance, sell its U.S. assets within six months after the bill is signed into a law or face an outright ban in the United States. Supporters of the measure worry about the Chinese government gaining access to the data of roughly 150 million U.S. residents who use the video app and influencing the public debate in America by tweaking the app\u2019s algorithms to its favor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While recognizing the concerns raised by TikTok\u2019s critics, Mr. Khanna said on Sunday that the security threats from the Chinese government could be tackled more effectively with \u201ca narrowly tailored law\u201d that forbids any transfer of private data of Americans to China and other foreign entities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The United States does not have a federal data privacy law that restricts the sale of personal data, potentially allowing foreign entities to purchase the private information of millions of Americans. Mr. Khanna has vowed for years to pass a new law that imposes restrictions on tech companies\u2019 ability to collect and profit from their users\u2019 data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The bill\u2019s fate in the Senate is unclear, but two senators \u2014 a Democrat and a Republican \u2014 said on Sunday that they had reservations about the legislation while expressing sympathy for calls to ban the app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Senator Ben Cardin, Democrat of Maryland and the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d that he was open to supporting the House bill but had not made a final decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see how the Senate wants to take this up,\u201d Mr. Cardin said. \u201cBut I would like us to get to the finish line and provide the guardrails that are necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, partly echoed Mr. Cardin\u2019s sentiments while emphasizing the need for swift action against TikTok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019d like to see the final language, but I\u2019m certainly predisposed to vote for it,\u201d Mr. Cassidy said on \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d \u201cAnyone who doesn\u2019t think that the Chinese Communist Party would like to influence how we think in our country just doesn\u2019t understand what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Ro Khanna, the California Democrat representing Silicon Valley, laid out his case against a sweeping ban of the social media platform TikTok on Sunday after opposing legislation that overwhelmingly passed the House last week, saying the bill would be ineffective. 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