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The requirements would apply to the executive branch \u2014 with exemptions for national security, law enforcement and research purposes \u2014 and don\u2019t appear to cover Congress, where a handful of lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-china-elections-data-privacy-misinformation-79d5400062cf107771148911ee62f5fb\">maintain TikTok accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TikTok has grown in popularity in the military community. Military services have banned its use on government devices, but service members and their families can still use the app on personal devices. In July, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr testified before the House Oversight Committee\u2019s panel that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2022\/07\/14\/troops-use-of-tiktok-may-be-national-security-threat-fcc-commissioner-says\/\">use of the app by service members and their families could be a national security threat<\/a>, noting that troops often upload videos of barracks, military equipment and maneuvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TikTok is consumed by two-thirds of American teens and has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-technology-politics-covid-health-5cdbe1ec32312699acbe8ba9b6a00eb5\">become the second-most popular domain<\/a> in the world. But there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-us-news-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-united-states-3013456fe7504e139d57e8befb463902\">long been bipartisan concern<\/a> in Washington that Beijing would use legal and regulatory power to seize American user data or try to push pro-China narratives or misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brooke Oberwetter, a spokesperson for TikTok, called the ban \u201ca political gesture that will do nothing to advance national security interests.\u201d TikTok is developing security and data privacy plans as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tiktok-wechat-technology-biden-trump-d866cf95c7f1b802ffb88b2834117f0b\">an ongoing national security review<\/a> by President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese plans have been developed under the oversight of our country\u2019s top national security agencies \u2014 plans that we are well underway in implementing \u2014 to further secure our platform in the United States, and we will continue to brief lawmakers on them,\u201d Oberwetter said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking Friday, CIA Director William Burns said Beijing can \u201cinsist upon extracting the private data of a lot of TikTok users in this country and also to shape the content of what goes on to TikTok as well to suit the interests of the Chinese leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think those are real challenges and a source of real concern,\u201d Burns told PBS. He declined to take a position on congressional efforts to limit TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was pushing to include the TikTok provision in the big year-end bill, her office said. Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican who authored a version of the TikTok bill that passed the Senate last week, called the government device ban \u201cthe first major strike against Big Tech enacted into law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Hawley said users should have the right to use TikTok without having their data subject to Beijing\u2019s control. He called for the Biden administration to force ByteDance to divest its U.S. operations. Courts blocked former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/archive-donald-trump-ad614fb615efe904057a1911985bb108\">efforts<\/a> to ban TikTok from U.S. smartphone app stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have to ban it,\u201d Hawley said. \u201cPut up a firewall between Beijing and TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., has co-sponsored legislation to prohibit TikTok from operating in the U.S. altogether. 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