Wisconsin congressman Mike Gallagher calls TikTok 'digital fentanyl'
A Wisconsin Republican congressman is amping-up the war of words against TikTok.
Congressman Mike Gallagher was on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures over the weekend, and talked about China and its influence over TikTok.
“TikTok should be banned. Senator Marco Rubio and I have legislation that does exactly that. TikTok is digital fentanyl addicting our kids, and just like actual fentanyl, it ultimately goes back to the Chinese Communist Party.,” Gallagher said.
TikTok is owned by a Chinese tech firm called ByteDance. The company says more than a billion people use TikTok each month.
Gallagher says that means China is essentially spying on a billion people each month, including a lot of young people in America.
“TikTok is owned by ByteDance. ByteDance is controlled by the CCP. That means the CCP can track your location. It can track your keystrokes. It can censor your news. Why would we give our foremost adversary that amount of power?” Gallagher asked.
Gallagher’s criticism