 Technology |
Technology |
|
|
Bill that could ban TikTok inches closer to House vote |
The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously advanced a bill Thursday that could lead to a U.S. TikTok ban amid a campaign from the app to block it. |
The "Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" advanced out of committee with overwhelming bipartisan support. The bill's advancement came just two days after it was introduced by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Although Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), the Energy and Commerce ranking member, raised concerns about "how rushed this process has been," he said he supported the bill with the aim of it forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok and allow users in the U.S. to continue to use it. The aim of the bill is to mitigate national security concerns over whether the Chinese government could access the personal data of Americans who use TikTok through ByteDance. The committee heard from members of the intelligence community at a classified hearing Thursday morning before the vote on the bill. TikTok has pushed back strongly on allegations that it poses national security risks based on its ownership by a Chinese parent company. A TikTok spokesperson said the legislation has a "predetermined outcome: a total ban of TikTok in the United States." "The government is attempting to strip 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression. This will damage millions of businesses, deny artists an audience, and destroy the livelihoods of countless creators across the country," the spokesperson said. The vote followed a notification push from TikTok that urged users to call members to clock the bill. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter, we're Rebecca Klar and Julia Shapero — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. |
|
|
How policy will be impacting the tech sector now and in the future: |
|
|
Six of the largest tech companies will be forced to make changes to their products and services this week as Europe's new sweeping tech regulation largely goes into effect. The European Union's Digital Markets Act dictates how platforms minimize self-preferencing and allow for inter-operability, meaning how they prioritize their services over rivals and how service operate between ones run by other companies, among … |
| |
| House Democrats press SpaceX on Russia's alleged use of Starlink terminals |
|
|
Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee pressed SpaceX on Wednesday over allegations that Russia is using the company's Starlink terminals in its war against Ukraine, "potentially in violation of U.S. sanctions and export controls." |
| |
|
A Chinese national was charged with stealing trade secrets on Google's artificial intelligence (AI) technology while secretly working for two AI companies based in China, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Linwei Ding was indicted on four counts of theft of trade secrets after he allegedly transferred more than 500 unique files containing confidential information from Google to his personal account. "The Justice … |
| |
|
News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: |
|
|
Spotify to increase prices in France |
Spotify plans to increase subscription fees in France, after the country imposed a new tax on music streaming services, TechCrunch reported. |
|
|
X could soon receive NY, CA payment licenses |
Elon Musk said X could soon receive money transmitter licenses in New York and California as the billionaire continues his push to bring payment features to the platform, Reuters reported. |
|
|
Branch out with other reads on The Hill: |
|
|
For social platforms, the outage was short. But people's stories vanished, and that's no small thing |
NEW YORK (AP) — Once upon a time, there was a brief outage on some social media platforms. It got fixed. The end. On the face of it, kind of a boring story. But the widespread attention given to the blanking of Meta's Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms on Tuesday suggests another, … |
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing "deep concern" over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts. The attorneys general called on Meta to do … |
|
|
Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
|
|
The White House is bashing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for saying Thursday that lawmakers have “to grapple with” questions about whether … Read more |
| Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday he expects to see some banks fail due to their exposure to the commercial real estate sector, which … Read more |
|
|
Opinions related to tech submitted to The Hill: |
|
|
You're all caught up. See you tomorrow! |
1625 K Street NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20006 |
Copyright © 1998 - 2024 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
|
If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe.
No comments:
Post a Comment