Blackburn, Tillis Urge Congress to Ban Member Use of TikTok
Congress should ban members from using TikTok, Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., wrote in a letter Tuesday with Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas. Several members use TikTok and “effectively encourage their constituents to use the app even though…
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all members have received warnings from their respective chamber’s cybersecurity officials,” they said. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and several other House Republicans signed the letter addressed to the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Rules and House Administration committees: “We feel this situation warrants further action to protect the privacy of both sensitive congressional information and the personal information of our constituents. To that end, we urge you to enact a change to the Senate and House rules to ban members of Congress from using TikTok for official use.” The company didn’t comment.