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Ban on TikTok, 'foreign adversary-controlled' apps sought in House bill

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A bill banning “foreign adversary-controlled” applications in the Philippines such as TikTok has been filed in the House of Representatives.

House Deputy Majority Leader Bienvenido Abante of Manila made the proposal under his House Bill 10489 which will prohibit app stores and internet hosting services from enabling distribution, maintenance, or updating of a “foreign adversary-controlled” application.

The Manila lawmaker said that should the measure become a law, it will cover TikTok, which currently has 49.9 million active users in the Philippines. TikTok’s parent company is ByteDance, which Abante says "reveals a connection to the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government that cannot be overlooked." His proposal, Abante said, is merely regulatory rather than targeting the content of speech.

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