After Voting Against the TikTok Bill, Rep. Khanna Says It’s Not Actually Addressing the Issue

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KHANNA: "Martha, look, there are two national security issues that proponents of the bill have cited. Both are legitimate. One, will the data get to a foreign government, in this case, the Chinese Communist Party? Two, will the Chinese Communist Party have an influence on algorithms? We can deal with both with a narrowly-tailored law. Let’s ban any data going to a foreign country and protect American data. Second, let’s ban any foreign interference on a social media app, whether that’s TikTok or another app. And, by the way, those laws would also cover data brokers, which are selling data to a Chinese company. So, this bill is not actually addressing the issue. 71 percent of Americans want to protect data privacy. Only 31 percent want a ban on TikTok. Congress, a) doesn’t understand, in my view, all of the social media and how it’s working, and b) is out of touch with what the American people want."