Government needs to act against dangerous TikTok app

Bipartisan congressional effort urges government to act against dangerous Chinese social media app TikTok. Children, national security especially at risk.

Clare Morell is a policy analyst at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where she works on the Technology and Human Flourishing Project. She worked in the White House Counsel’s Office and the Justice Department during the Trump administration.

Rubio is now stepping up to protect Americans from "China's digital fentanyl," as FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has termed the app. Rubio’s says his bill, the "ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act," would prohibit and block all transactions from any social media company in, or "under the influence of," China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela, though the act only refers to TikTok. Wisconsin Republican Representatives Mike Gallagher and Illinois Democrat Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.