Gallagher says bipartisan TikTok bill is not a ban

The author of fast-tracked legislation regulating China’s influence over TikTok said the legislation is not a ban on the popular app, pushing back against criticism from the company and some legislators.

House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) emphasized during a press event on Wednesday that the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, a bill that he introduced Tuesday with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), is not designed to ban TikTok but to sever its connection to its China-based parent company ByteDance and to the Chinese Communist Party.