- A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would give the president the authority to review and potentially ban or force a sale of the popular video-sharing app TikTok on national security grounds.
- The bill sponsored by Democrat Mark Warner, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Republican John Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, would give President Joe Biden the ability to force the sale of foreign-owned technologies.
- The legislation also gives the president the ability to craft a workaround that addresses concerns while stopping short of an outright ban or sale.
Warner Introduces Bill That Could Lead to Forced Sale of TikTok
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would give the president the authority to review and potentially ban or force a sale of the popular video-sharing app TikTok on national security grounds if passed into law.
Daniel Flatley
