TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 8, 2023

The White House has endorsed a bipartisan bill that could give the president authority to ban or force a sale of TikTok, Bloomberg Law reports. The bill, introduced yesterday, would give the president the ability to force the sale of foreign-owned technologies, applications, software or e-commerce platforms if they present a national security threat to U.S. users. Critics of the video app say it allows the Chinese government to access the data and viewing trends of some 100 million Americans. Former President Donald Trump had ordered a ban on the app in 2020 but a federal judge blocked the effort, arguing it violated free speech rights. The new legislation would strengthen the administration’s hand in future court battles, advocates say.