Rep. Khanna says potential TikTok ban won’t solve the problem, calls for ‘narrowly tailored law’

Rep. Ro Khanna said on Sunday that the TikTok bill the House of Representatives passed last week wouldn't actually protect Americans, instead pushing for other legislation that he says would better prevent foreign countries from obtaining private information. The bill in the House would force China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face having the wildly popular app banned outright in the U.S. It was sparked by concerns that ByteDance could share (or be forced to share) Americans' data with the Chinese government, claims the company calls unfounded as it vigorously advocates against the new legislation. Khanna, a Democrat who represents Silicon Valley in California, voted against the bill, citing First Amendment concerns, though the legislation was approved by a broad, bipartisan majority.