00:00The idea of a TikTok ban is getting floated on both sides of the aisle.
00:05Experts say this type of ban could be difficult. The Hill reports the U.S. could require internet
00:11service providers to block American IP addresses associated with TikTok or push app stores to
00:17block downloading TikTok. As Knight First Amendment Institute's Jameel Jaffer writes in the New York
00:23Times, quote, a ban would have to satisfy First Amendment scrutiny to survive a constitutional
00:29challenge, unquote. TikTok's chief executive testified that the platform has more than 150
00:35million American users. Free speech advocates are already warning Congress against a ban.
00:41When it comes to why TikTok is the focus and not other social media platforms,
00:47Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamurti told ABC's This Week, quote, it's different in kind from
00:53any other social media app because its parent company is beholden to the Chinese Communist Party, unquote.
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