The battle over tick tock The House is set to
vote this morning on a bill that would ban the
social media giant from the US unless its Chinese owners
agree
to sell it. Senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott is on.
COP is on Capitol Hill and has the latest for
us.
Good morning, Rachel. Robin, Good morning to you.
In just a few hours,
the House could vote on a bill that could lead
to a nationwide ban of TikTok.
It's an app that's used by more than 170 million
Americans,
5 million businesses. But lawmakers have been sounding the alarm
about Tiktok's Chinese parent company,
Bite Dance, warning that by using the app,
the Chinese government could have access to your data,
including your browsing history and your location.
China could possibly be influencing what you were seeing as
you scroll through the app.
Now Tick Tock has flat out denied these allegations,
but this bill would put them on notice,
requiring that Tick Tock be sold within six months or
face a nationwide ban here in the United States.
Now TikTok has launched an all out pressure campaign here
on Capitol Hill,
bringing dozens of content creators to Washington to preside to
persuade lawmakers otherwise,
and also urging its users on its app to call
the representatives themselves and demand that they do not support
this bill.
But it has had little impact.
There is growing bipartisan support for this in the House.
It could face more challenges over in the Senate,
but the President has made it clear he would sign
this bill if it hits his death.
Robin, many people are watching this,
but also on Capitol Hill.
Rachel. The swim Republican majority getting even slimmer.
Even slimmer. Robin, believe it or not,
and this actually caught Republican leadership off guard.
We always knew that Republican Congressman Ken Buck of Colorado
would be retiring,
not seeking re-election. Well, now he's made the sudden decision
to leave Congress next week,
blaming all of the bickering and the infighting.
This does leave Republicans with an even slimmer majority.
Now they can only afford to lose 2 votes.
Robin. Right, Rachel. Thank you.