Lawmakers Defend Proposed TikTok Bill as ‘Choice’ Between US and CCP

‘This bill is a choice. It’s a choice for ByteDance as well as any other social media app controlled by a foreign adversary.’

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) is speaking during the hearing of the House Select Committee in Washington on March 6, 2024, in a still from video. The Select Committee on the CCP/ Screenshot via NTD

WASHINGTON—Lawmakers are defending a proposed bill that would effectively force the sale of TikTok to a non-Chinese company as a choice between the United States and China’s ruling communist regime.

The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would require Chinese company ByteDance to divest from TikTok or else face a ban in the United States.