Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2023.
WASHINGTON — Social media giant TikTok should be demonetized in the U.S. unless the Chinese government hands over its algorithm, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Wednesday.
"It is time to ban Beijing-controlled TikTok for good," Rubio said in a December 2022 statement on his bill.
More than 150 million Americans use TikTok and nearly five million businesses advertise on the platform, according to the company.
"What companies in the world is that algorithm going to be beneficial to in the long term?"
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Marco Rubio, Sen, " Rubio, Rubio, TikTok, It's, Mike Gallagher, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Angus King
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Republican, Senate Intelligence, Washington , D.C, WASHINGTON — Social, Summit, BuzzFeed, Financial Times, Chinese Communist Party, Senate, Sen, CNBC PRO
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Florida, Washington ,, U.S, Beijing, ByteDance, Taiwan, New York, China, Russia, Maine