This bill takes on big, systemic threats to our national security – not individual users.

MYTH: Senators don’t understand that people make their living on TikTok! Fact: I think there’s a lot of creativity happening on TikTok! I know influencers & other Americans rely on it. I’m also a former tech entrepreneur, and I wholeheartedly believe in the free marketplace.

But there’s a reason we’re all not on MySpace anymore – the internet adapts. I have total confidence that there will be apps out there that can facilitate the same communications as TikTok, without being beholden to an authoritarian, communist regime that endangers our security.

I also want to point out this legislation really isn’t unusual or overreaching on the global stage – plenty of countries have taken even more direct action against TikTok specifically.

TikTok is outright banned in India. It’s banned on government devices in Canada, the EU, the UK, Norway, New Zealand, and Belgium. We’re likely to see more countries follow suit soon.

Folks, I’m glad to engage in discussion about this bill and hear critiques. This bill is about protecting YOUR privacy from authoritarian nations and protecting Americans from foreign coercion. I’m proud of the bipartisan coalition we’ve built to get it done.

@MarkWarner Why does the bill impose prison sentences for people using VPN’s?

@SanDiegoSRA @MarkWarner Don't even entertain this asshole and his unconstitutional bill that will never see the light of day in any FORM!

@P_T_Kelly @SanDiegoSRA @MarkWarner Both Hatriot Acts are unconstitutional and will never hold up in court, but if you try and challenge it and use your real name, they can throw you in prison 🙄. The US has been heading towards #Marxism for a long time, and the #kleptocrat @MarkWarner is an excellent example.

@incognito_cas @P_T_Kelly @SanDiegoSRA @MarkWarner Marxism is when fascism takes over. Follow this guy for more pearls of wisdom...

@105Mittens @P_T_Kelly @SanDiegoSRA @MarkWarner Fascism is an extreme form of socialism and all of it is born from marxism.

@incognito_cas @P_T_Kelly @SanDiegoSRA @MarkWarner Private profit seeking enterprises running the gov't to line their own pockets is the opposite of socialism.