Republican Senator Marco Rubio introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to ban the Chinese social media app TikTok in the U.S., over fears it is being used to collect data on Americans and spread Chinese propaganda and censorship to the West.
The legislation, named "Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese Communist Party Act," would block all transactions from any social media company which is under the influence of China and Russia, Rubio’s office said in an announcement.
