TikTok and the Decline of Congress
President Trump last week granted TikTok a third reprieve from Congress's statutory ban on the popular Chinese-owned app. Talk about sending a bad signal to Beijing about the rule of law and national security.
A large bipartisan majority of Congress last spring passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act after years of hearings about TikTok's national-security risks. The platform vacuums loads of data on Americans, and its algorithms promote content that spreads American division while downplaying news that offends the Chinese Communist Party.
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