nevertheless, the legislation should head to the senate next. its fate there is uncertain. following the house vote, tiktok urged its 150 million users in the us to lobby against the bill by calling on them to contact their members of congress. tiktok influencers also protested against the bill outside the white house. here s what they told our correspodnent. iam aware i am aware that i m giving my day dark, i m aware, i m 0k day dark, i m aware, i m ok with it, let me make that decision, you need to make that for me. ., v decision, you need to make that for me. . , , ., ., for me. that s right stand. to be uuite for me. that s right stand. to be quite honest, for me. that s right stand. to be quite honest, everything l for me. that s right stand. to | be quite honest, everything on the internet as a security risk and the internet as a security risk and so, the internet as a security risk and so, this may be have aberrant and so, this may be have aberrant company
between here and there. the bill faces an uncertain future in the senate. the senate majority leader chuck schumer has been noncommittal about whether he will bring it up for a vote. some senators have already vowed to vote against it. if it does move through the senate, joe biden has said he will sign it. proponents of the bill argue tiktok is a national security threat and the apps 170 million us users are vulnerable to data theft by the chinese government. the priority is national security and chinese access to millions of american s minds. that s what the primary issue is. there are trade offs with that though. the former president donald trump used to back the idea but he changed his tune, saying while it poses a security and privacy concern, banning the app would be a boon for facebook. which he called an enemy of the people. with that, a national security, free speech and youth issue also becomes a campaign issue. protesters took to capitol hill on wednesday in support
with the chinese government. tiktok has told lawmakers that it has taken steps to ensure the data of american users isn t compromised by employees in china. nevertheless, the legislation should head to the senate next. its fate there is uncertain. following the house vote, tiktok urged its 150 million users in the us to lobby against the bill by calling on them to contact their members of congress. tiktok influencers also protested against the bill outside the white house. here s what they told our correspodnent. i am aware that i m giving my data, right. i m aware. i m ok with it. let me make that decision, you don t need to make that for me. you know, that s where i stand. to be quite honest, everything on the internet is a security risk and so, this may be have a parent company that is foreign, but we have just as many security risks with domestic companies as well, and so i would love to see our lawmakers spend this much time and energy to pass more data protection over
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