Senators Say TikTok Bill Needs to Be Amended Before Becoming Law

‘We don’t want to overshoot the target here but we don’t want to miss,’ says Marco Rubio.

This photograph taken in Mulhouse, eastern France on Oct. 19, 2023, shows figurines next to the logo of the social media video sharing app Tik Tok reflected in mirrors. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate will review and amend a proposed bill that could ban TikTok before considering it for a vote.

Though the House rushed through a vote on the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act last week, passing the bill in a bipartisan 352–65 vote, key senators from both sides of the aisle say the bill requires further review and modification to be accepted as law.