That’s how Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who previously clashed with leaders on tech bills, describes the situation to The Verge. The outgoing lawmaker accuses House leaders of being swayed by “false concerns that have been raised by Big Tech” — and she says this is KOSA’s last chance to become law.
That’s after Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) blocked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s short-lived bid to pass the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act by unanimous consent of the chamber. If passed, it would shield reporters from being forced by the government to reveal their sources.
A court rejected arguments against forcing a sale of the massive Chinese-owned social network.
TikTok is running out of time and legal recourse to avoid a US ban unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells it. Here’s the tl;dr on why a three-judge panel unanimously ruled to uphold the law that could expel TikTok, and what comes next.
