Bipartisan Legislation Targets TikTok, Other Tech Companies Owned by ‘Adversarial Nations’

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to expand the federal government’s power in order to ban TikTok and other foreign-owned entities from operating in th

Reporters surround Senate Intelligence Committee ranking member Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) as he heads for his party's weekly policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 16, 2017. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to expand the federal government’s power in order to ban TikTok and other foreign-owned entities from operating in the United States.

Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) are co-sponsoring legislation that would increase the Commerce Department’s power to take action against tech companies that are owned by six adversarial foreign nations.