Here's What Rahm Emanuel Said That Caused This Podcaster to Totally Melt Down
Why People Are Posting About JD Vance After Pope Francis Passed Away
FDA Announces Major 'Make America Healthy Again' Shakeup
Federal Court Shuts Down Trump's Effort to Dismantle 'Voice of America'
Trump’s Deportation Plan Hits Another Legal Roadblock, Thanks to This Federal Judge
Kaitlin Collins Is Undermined By Her Own Network, and '60 Minutes' Producer Quits...
Gun Control Group Hopes No One Will Remember Its Founder's Own Words
'Beloved' GOP Texas Politician Stabbed, Husband Killed In Violent Attack
More of Dems in Disarray: Gavin Newsom Criticizes Party for Failing to Figure...
'60 Minutes' Producer Resigns Amid Trump Lawsuit Chaos and CBS Backlash
Rubio Announces Major Shakeup at State Department
Democrats Can Go to El Salvador on GOP Dime, on One Condition
Yet Another Poll Brings Catastrophic News for Democrats
Former CDC Director Happy the White House Is Talking About COVID's Origin
You Won’t Believe How Many California Voters Support Giving Illegal Aliens Free Health...
Tipsheet

China Issues Warning to US About Banning TikTok

AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File

China is warning that a ban on TikTok would “come back to bite the United States.”  

The message was delivered Wednesday by Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin as the House passed legislation, 352-65, that would force the app’s parent company, Chinese-owned ByteDance, to sell the platform or face a ban from U.S. app stores and web hosting services. 

Advertisement

“Although the United States has never found evidence that TikTok threatens US national security, it has not stopped suppressing TikTok,” Wang said, according to AFP.

“This kind of bullying behavior that cannot win in fair competition disrupts companies’ normal business activity, damages the confidence of international investors in the investment environment, and damages the normal international economic and trade order,” he continued, referring to The Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

“In the end, this will inevitably come back to bite the United States itself,” Wang added.

The controversial legislation is dividing Republicans, with 15 representatives voting against the measure Wednesday along with 50 Democrats.  

Former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has had a major change of tune on the effort to ban TikTok as well, now arguing that doing so would only empower Facebook.

Advertisement

“Frankly, there are a lot of people on TikTok that love it. There are a lot of young kids on TikTok who will go crazy without it. There are a lot of users,” Trump said Monday on CNBC. 

“There’s a lot of good and a lot of bad with TikTok. But the thing I don’t like is, without TikTok you can make Facebook bigger. And I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people, along with the media,” he added. 

Trump’s reversal came after meeting with GOP megadonor Jeff Yass, who holds a 15 percent stake in ByteDance.  

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement