#shorts On 3/8/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “So, back to the RESTRICT Act for a moment. Is it the President’s intention to ban TikTok on U.S. phones if the RESTRICT Act passes and gives him that ability?

KJP: I’m not going to get into specifics of — of the legislation …

Reporter: Should we take the administration’s position on the RESTRICT Act to mean that the White House does not believe that ByteDance has gone far enough to ensure that its American users’ data is safeguarded from the Chinese government? ByteDance says it’s spent 1.5 million dollars — billion dollars so far to ensure that that information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

KJP: So, I think this is an answer that I’ll give you more broadly, which is: We have said we have concerns with this particular app, TikTok. We have said that …

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/7aPofNI3lsk
Q: intention to ban TikTok on U.S. phones? A: we have concerns