GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate called for rules committee leaders to ban their colleagues from using the Chinese-owned app TikTok for communications on Monday.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, middle, led other Republicans alongside Sen. Tom Tillis, R-NC, in calling for a congressional rule change barring lawmakers from using TikTok for official communications.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in defense of the Chinese-owned app in March. The hearing revealed just how skeptical both Republicans and Democrats are of the social media app. "It is troublesome that some members continue to disregard these clear warnings and are even encouraging their constituents to use TikTok to interface with their elected representatives – especially since some of these users are minors," the GOP letter continued."We feel this situation warrants further action to protect the privacy of both sensitive congressional information and the personal information of our constituents.
TikTok has been in negotiations with U.S. regulators for more than a year to determine whether the company can ensure data privacy while under the ByteDance umbrella. President Biden's administration aborted Trump's plan to force the sale of TikTok to an American company.
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