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Colorado Senator Michael Bennet called on Apple and Google to immediately ban TikTok from the App Store on national security grounds.
Bennet, a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote to Apple and Google on Thursday, according to the New York Times.
His letter says that no company subject to the “dictates of the Chinese Communist Party should have the power to amass such comprehensive data on the American people or curate content for nearly one-third of our population.”
Addressing the New York Timeshe added that he thought “It’s irresponsible for us to make it available the way we have, and I hope Apple and Google take this opportunity to lead this debate.”
The full text of the letter is not yet available, and Senator Bennet’s social media and websites make no mention of it at the time of writing.
However, snippets have been seen by sources such as
“> Colorado Public Radio
. Its report quotes Bennet as writing that the Chinese Communist Party may weaponize TikTok against the United States.”
Forbes magazine reports that Bennet was asked why he wrote to Apple and Google rather than supporting his Senate and House colleagues who were already seeking to ban TikTok.
“The responsibility of Congress is to introduce a long-term solution for oversight of big tech — like Senator Bennet’s Digital Platform Commission Act — so that we don’t deal with this on an ad hoc basis,” he said. replied a spokesman for Senator Bennet. “In the meantime, Google and Apple should remove TikTok from App Stores.”
In December 2022, the House of Representatives banned the use of TikTok by staff and ordered that the app be uninstalled from iPhones, iPads and Android devices.
Separately, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said he believes a ban on TikTok in the United States is inevitable, although the FCC itself has no authority to regulate the media service. social.