Senate Democrats and Republicans have introduced a bill that would give the administration new powers to ban Chinese apps that pose security threats, including the popular video-sharing platform TikTok.
Mark Warner, the Democratic head of the Senate intelligence committee, announced the bill on Tuesday as part of an effort to create a more co-ordinated approach across the government to address threats from countries such as China, Russia and Iran.
The Restrict Act — an acronym for “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology” — would require the commerce secretary to establish a process to identify threats related to communications and information technology and create solutions to address them.