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Gallagher, Krishnamoorthi Release Joint Statement on TikTok Divestment Reports

Statement

Date: March 16, 2023
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: National Security Economy and Fiscal

"Reports that the Biden administration is demanding a full divestment of ByteDance ownership of Tiktok, or else face a ban in the United States, are encouraging. While the details are important--including complete control over TikTok's crucial algorithm and complete separation of TikTok from all CCP-controlled investors--these reports confirm what we have long maintained: TikTok, under its current ownership and control structure, is an unmitigable threat to our national security and needs to be dealt with as such. We urge the administration to act accordingly, and for Congress to codify this decision in legislation, for not just TikTok, but all the TikToks to come."


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