Re: Oppose H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

This bill would functionally ban the distribution of TikTok in the United States, and would grant the President broad new powers to ban other social media platforms based on their country of origin. [...] Moreover, an outright ban is not only far from the least restrictive solution to the purported problem, it is actually ineffective because the Chinese government could continue to access the data of U. [...] The bill also flies in the face of the democratic principles behind the historic and invaluable Berman Amendment, which — for the past 35 years — has barred the President from regulating or banning the import or export of news, art, and other information. [...] Congress enacted the Berman Amendment in recognition of the essential democratic values in preserving and protecting the rights of people in the United States to receive information from people and organizations abroad. [...] People in the United States have a right to use TikTok and other platforms to exchange their thoughts, ideas, and opinions with millions of people around the country and the world.