As national security officials prepare to brief senators on Wednesday about threats posed by TikTok, lawmakers questioned whether a forced sale of the Chinese-owned social media platform could lead to a different kind of foreign ownership.
The closed-door briefing on Wednesday comes after the House passed a bill to push ByteDance to divest within six months or face being banned in the United States. Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Commerce Committee will have access to the briefing as the Senate considers how to proceed on the House-passed bill.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said he has already received the briefing but hopes other members will understand the threat the app poses. Rubio and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), chairman of the committee, came out in support of the House’s bill a week
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