It's clear that the Chinese government has for years been pursuing large, structured datasets of Americans through all sorts of manner, including malicious cyber activity; including efforts to buy that data from data brokers and others, and including efforts to build sophisticated AI models that can utilize that data,
There is no question: the Act will force a shutdown of TikTok by January 19, 2025,
The goal of this law is to ensure that young people, old people and everyone in between is able to use the platform in a safe manner,
For the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single, named speech platform to a permanent, nationwide ban, and bars every American from participating in a unique online community with more than one billion people worldwide,
We view the statute as a game changer from the arguments that were in play back in 2020,
The TikTok ban would silence 170 million Americans' voices, violating the 1st Amendment,
By directing ByteDance or TikTok to covertly manipulate that algorithm; China could for example further its existing malign influence operations and amplify its efforts to undermine trust in our democracy and exacerbate social divisions,
The serious national-security threat posed by TikTok is real,
China’s long-term geopolitical strategy involves developing and pre-positioning assets that it can deploy at opportune moments,
The government has never put forth proof of its claims, including when Congress passed this unconstitutional law. Today, once again, the government is taking this unprecedented step while hiding behind secret information
The United States is not required to wait until its foreign adversary takes specific detrimental actions before responding to such a threat,
Oracle estimated it would require three years to review this body of code,
Given TikTok’s broad reach within the United States, the capacity for China to use TikTok’s features to achieve its overarching objective to undermine American interests creates a national-security threat of immense depth and scale,