Todays legislation will end this abuse by preve controlled by foreign adversaries from targeting surveilling and manipulating the American People. We have giv a clear choice. Separate from your parent company, which is beholden to the c. C. P. , and remain operational in the United States or side with the c. C. P. And face the consequences. The choice is tiktok agencies. Companies control conscious tiktoks is tiktoks. Companies controlled by a foreign adversary like the c. C. P. Will never embrace american also have like freedom of speech, human right the rule of l. If give the choice, they will always choose the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. And in the case of tiktok, we wouldnt even know it. Today we send a clear message that we will not tolerate our adversaries weaponizing our freedoms against us. I encourage my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from washington reserves. The
The u. S. Media is covering israels assault on gaza. We will be joined by the acclaimed broadcaster mehdi hassan who left msnbc earlier this year after his shows were canceled. Then to tiktok. The u. S. House has passed a bill that could lead to the banning a bill that could lead to the banning of the social media app tiktok. It was potentially ban tiktok is a huge mistake because it does not do with the real issue which is social Media Companies of all types are actually targeting as for our data, exploiting our attention, threatening our democracy. Instead of that, this act is just targeting foreign actors and playing a nationalism and xenophobia. Amy we will speak to ucla professor Ramesh Srinivasan. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In gaza, at least five people were killed on wednesday when israel bombed an unrwa Aid Distribution Center in rafah, one of the u. N. Agencys last remaining aid sites in
Votes against a social media company, taking steps that could lead to a u. S. Ban on the popular chineseowned social media app tiktok. National security concerns at odds with the platforms 170 million american users. We will talk about that and the prospects in the senate. The judge in georgia dropping three of the 13 federal charges against donald trump ahead of his trial. What the judge is calling into question and how that could push the case past election day. Warning signs, as Vladimir Putin talks about nuclear war. Nancy pelosi joins me on new house efforts to force a vote on aid to ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Theres big news today from capitol hill. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the house voted overwhelmingly, 35265, passing a bill that could lead to a ban on tiktok over National Security concerns. Specifically, the potential that the platforms chinese owner would have access to sensitive personal data on more than 170 million americans w
O americans data, communication networks, devices and applications as the entry points to disrupt our daily lives and conduct espionage activities. And all of this endangers our National Security interests. We have a long history of restricting our tv and radio airwaves from ownership by foreign gernments and individuals due to the National Security concerns that these arrangements pose. Social Media Companies should also face similar scrutiny. After all while technology has evolved, the threats are very much the same. And i also take the concerns raised by the Intelligence Community very seriously. They have asked congress to give them more authority to act and narrowly in narrowly defined situations. I believe this bill will do just that by addressing the National Security risks posed by applications operated by companies controlled by foreign adversaries. While this bill establishes a National Security framework that could apply to other applications, much of the public attention is
The company is not giving up a fight. We look at the intersection of politics and big money. And breaking records on the fourth largest economy, putting the stocks rally at risk. Later in the show, the boeing stock wipeout continues as the growing concerns grow for investors and wouldbe hires. Its march 13th, 2024, wednesday, and youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc. Good wednesday morning. Welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Thank you so much for being here with us. Were going to get you ready for the trading day ahead. We kick off the hour. After a solid day for stocks yesterday, we saw the s p close at the 17th recordhigh of the year. A bit of a mixed picture. The dow opens up 25 points higher. The nasdaq a little hdown. And take a look at yields. The benchmark moving just about four or five basis poimtss from the level we saw it at yesterday. Were looking at energy, specifically oil, riding a foursession losing streak. Were seeing a bit of a bounceback. Wti and brent cru