U.S. Lawmakers Step Up Push to Ban TikTok

TikTok’s commercial success in the U.S. has come at the expense of local social media giants like Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, with both developing short-video services in response to the ByteDance app’s popularity. Photo: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner plans to introduce a bill this week to allow the U.S. to systematically ban Chinese technology, including services like TikTok, he told Fox News on Sunday.

Calling it “a broad bipartisan bill” that will be co-sponsored by Republican John Thune of South Dakota, Warner said the law will give the U.S. the power to ban or prohibit foreign technology where necessary. When asked if that would implicate ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, he confirmed and elaborated on his reasoning.