The U.K.'s Online Safety Bill, which aims to regulate the internet, has been revised to remove a controversial but critical measure.
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Days after Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill banning TikTok from government devices, legislators and advocates say they are looking to further regulate social media companies in the New Year.
TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, attracts more than 1 billion users every month. Lawmakers and FBI Director Christopher Wray have voiced concerns that TikTok's ownership structure could make U.S. user data vulnerable, since companies based in China may be required by law to hand over user information.
TikTok has repeatedly said its U.S. user data is not based in China, though those assurances have done little to alleviate concerns.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., compared TikTok to "digital fentanyl" on Sunday, telling NBC's "Meet the Press" that he thinks the ban on the app should be expanded nationally.
"It's highly addictive and destructive," he said. "We're seeing troubling data about the corrosive impact of constant social media use, particularly on young men and women here in America."
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said Sunday that since social media platforms like TikTok, Twitter and YouTube operate using similar algorithms, adding regulators should push for more transparency about how they work as a first step.
Haugen said she thinks most people are...
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