The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok, in what would be the most far-reaching U.S. restriction on any social media app.
支持推動這一法案的美國共和黨議員麥考爾則聲稱:“TikTok危害美國國家安全,是時候采取行動。”
“TikTok is a national security threat ... It is time to act,” said Representative Michael McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee who sponsored the bill.
此外,麥考爾還繼續(xù)大放厥詞,渲染“中國威脅論“,毫無根據(jù)的聲稱TikTok是“手機里的間諜氣球”(a spy balloon into their phone)。
"The US has been over-stretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to suppress foreign companies. We are firmly against that. The US should respect the principles of market economy and fair competition, stop suppressing the companies and provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory environment for foreign companies in the US."
“We have been clear about our concerns about TikTok, apps like TikTok — and, certainly, our concerns with countries, including China, as they seek to leverage digital technologies and Americans’ — and Americans’ data in ways that can present harm and — and risk to our national security, clearly.”
讓-皮埃爾還表示,拜登對此采取了行動,希望美國議會可以通過相關(guān)法案。
對于這樣的回答,有記者追問:總統(tǒng)認為抖音危害國家安全嗎?
“Does the President believe TikTok is a threat to national security?”
“I guess what I’m trying to understand is: You know, has the President not issued a federal ban on TikTok on all devices because he does not think it’s a threat to national security or because he does not have a legal mechanism to do so?”
“I’m not going to get into the specifics on what he has legally to do so or to not do so. What I’m saying — and we’ve been very clear that TikTok, you know, poses a problem and an issue. And so, we have concerns about that as it relates to Americans’ data — collecting Americans’ data and the potential national security risk. And we’ve been very, very clear on that.”
Democrats are rolling out the red carpet for social media influencers: a free trip to D.C., a private chat with Obama and an hour in the Oval Office with Biden. TikTok stars with a combined following of more than 67 million were invited to The White House.
“But one thing that we do believe in is meeting the American people where they are. And the reality is some — many of them — millions of them are — are on this app.”
也許中國外交部發(fā)言人毛寧對于相關(guān)事件的表態(tài),可以解答這名記者的問題。
“美國作為世界頭號大國,竟然如此懼怕一款青年人喜愛的應用軟件,未免太不自信了。”
“How unsure of itself can the world’s top superpower be to fear a young people’s favorite app like that? ”
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