Conservative voices on social media have approached the topic of banning TikTok with extreme caution, noting that Congress seems hell-bent on regulating a social media app controlled by China but has done little to step in when the foreign adversary buys up American farmland or unleashes a pandemic.
For a body often known to work slowly to attain even the most minor of accomplishments, Congress moved rather swiftly in pushing for the TikTok ban.
On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously to advance a bill that could lead to TikTok being blocked in the United States to the full House.
On Tuesday, the full House had voted in a bipartisan manner, by a vote of 352-65, to pass the bill.
Today I claimed 20 minutes in opposition to the TikTok ban bill, and yielded time to several likeminded colleagues.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 13, 2024
This bill gives the President far too much authority to determine what Americans can see and do on the internet.
This is my closing statement, before I voted No. pic.twitter.com/xMxp9bU18t
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