05/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/01/2024 13:59
In our connected world, national security increasingly demands that we protect ourselves against emerging digital threats. In perhaps the most high-profile example of how new digital dangers require new solutions, the President just signed a bipartisan bill to ban TikTok, which is subject to the control of the Chinese government, if ByteDance does not sell its ownership stake. This is an issue that my colleague, Commissioner Carr, has spoken about extensively and long before this legislation moved through Congress. Along with him, I want to thank Commissioners Starks, Simington, and Gomez for their thoughtful partnership on national security matters before the FCC. Working together, we have enacted and enforced rules to safeguard our wired and wireless networks from communications equipment that has been determined to pose an unacceptable risk to national security. The Commission's May Open Meeting will be headlined by a new bipartisan action to keep United States communications safe and secure. Here's what to expect.
-Jessica