Will a VPN ban TikTok?

Some experts worry the bill could ban TikTok and criminalize attempts to circumvent such a ban, such as by using a VPN to access TikTok. But the bill’s sponsors said the measure’s criminal provisions are aimed not at individual people, but at corporations and executives. The bill does not criminalize simply having a VPN.

Will the restrict Act ban VPNs?

Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit focused on defending civil liberties in the digital world The RESTRICT Act does not explicitly ban VPNs or impose criminal penalties on people who use them. One of the bill’s sponsors says it would be used to punish companies – not individual users accessing a potentially-banned app like TikTok.

Will a restrict Act ban TikTok?

The RESTRICT Act, Senate Bill 686, would give the U.S. Department of Commerce broad power to regulate technology owned or controlled by foreign adversaries, including China. If passed, the bill would not guarantee a TikTok ban, although lawmakers have raised national security concerns about the social media platform.

Will Biden Ban TikTok?

Warner’s legislation comes after U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would grant President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok. The bill passed the Republican-controlled committee 24-16 along party lines, with unanimous GOP support and no Democratic votes.