The American Civil Liberties Union has spoken out against the legislation, writing to McCaul on Monday to claim that it would violate Americans' first amendment rights. ![]() Representative Michael McCaul, a Republican and chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, who introduced the bill looking to allow an outright ban of TikTok, described the app as "a spy balloon into your phone." officials are confident came from China, drifted over the continental U.S. National security fears have been heightened in recent weeks after a surveillance balloon, which U.S. The government ban arose from concerns that TikTok could be used by China to spy on government officials. Several government agencies-including the White House, the Department of Defense, and the State Department-have already implemented their own bans. TikTok users, the government ban will fuel calls for an outright prohibition as Congress discusses just such a measure. ![]() While only impacting a small number of the more than 113 million U.S. TikTok problem can be addressed in these two ways, Senator Booker says.Republican legislation sparks "Big Brother" overreach concerns.
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