More broadly than TikTok, the bill would allow the US president to designate non-US social media apps as national security threats, forcing them to ensure they have no ties to a US adversary within six months.
But it's not really about these issues, it's about protecting US global technological hegemony. This is happening within the context of China's growing tech industry, and tensions that some are calling a new cold war.
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