March 07, 2023

Senate Bill Paves Way for US TikTok Ban

Featuring: Emily Kilcrease

Source: Financial Times

Journalist: Demetri Sevastopulo

Emily Kilcrease, a technology and security expert at the CNAS think-tank, called the bill "a very serious effort to provide a real regulatory and legal framework for addressing risks like TikTok, but not limited to TikTok."

"It resolves a lot of the problems that the US has had dealing with TikTok with existing authorities," she added, including the cold war-era Berman amendment, which made it difficult to regulate foreign digital content.

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  • Emily Kilcrease

    Senior Fellow and Director, Energy, Economics and Security Program

    Emily Kilcrease is a senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Her research focuses on the U....