This happened in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, when voting on a bill that gives the president the authority to order the immediate blocking in the US of any application that, according to the intelligence in his hands, poses a “security risk”. The application against which the proposal is directed is Tiktok – but many others may find themselves In the same boat in the future, prompting the top Democrat on the committee, Gregory Meeks, to tell Reuters that the proposal was “too broad” and that it would “harm our commitments around the world, bring more companies into the Chinese environment, cause job losses here in the US and undermine core American values.” Like freedom of expression and free initiative.”
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However, due to the fact that the committee has been under Republican control since the midterm elections in November, all 24 party members on the committee voted in favor of the proposal, signed by its Republican chairman, Michael McCaul, compared to only 16 Democratic members who opposed. Now, the proposal must also pass the plenary The House of Representatives and the Senate – the latter is still controlled by Democrats – before it becomes law.