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WSJ Editorial Board: Tackling the TikTok Threat

“Break up with the Chinese Communist Party, or break up with the U.S.”

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is out with a new piece on why Congress must pass H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which protects Americans from the national security threats posed by CCP-controlled TikTok. Check out excerpts and highlights below: 

3.12.24 WSJ.pngThe House on Wednesday is expected to vote on a bill that would give popular social-media app TikTok an ultimatum: Break up with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or break up with the U.S. It didn’t need to come to this, but Beijing and TikTok’s Chinese-owner ByteDance left Washington with no choice.

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Donald Trump tried in 2020 to force ByteDance to divest TikTok, but his executive order was…


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