What the TikTok Bill Gets Wrong
On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill that would ban Americans from accessing the video app TikTok if its parent company, ByteDance, headquartered in China, does not sell its stake within six months. In some ways, the so-called TikTok bill appeared to be a remarkably strong piece of legislation: it passed by an overwhelming 352-vote majority, reflecting a rare degree of cross-party consensus. And it went beyond TikTok, banning other apps controlled by ByteDance. The bill also put other existing or future apps linked to the United States’ top strategic competitors—China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia—on notice, warning that they, too, could become subject to penalties such as fines, forced divestment of ownership, or forced termination of operations.… Seguir leyendo »