Bipartisan Senate legislation boosts authority to ban TikTok, others

CNN reports that the White House would be given greater authority to prohibit foreign electronics or software vendors deemed a national security risk by the Department of Commerce, such as TikTok, across the U.S. under the bipartisan Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, which was introduced by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.

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