TikTok ban passed: The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, explained

  • Bias Rating

    4% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    48% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

-1% Negative

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"The bill is called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act."
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2% Conservative
"Virginia Democrat Mark Wagner, the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman, said he would support the bill, as did the committee's top Republican, Marco Rubio."
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22% Conservative
"President Biden said he would sign the bill if it passes the Senate."
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10% Conservative
"If it passes in the Senate, President Joe Biden has indicated he would sign the bill if it made it to his desk."
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10% Conservative
"Democrat Senator Maria Cantwell, who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said she would also support the bill but wants to make sure they get it right."
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0% Conservative
"But the president has always been clear, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has always been clear: When it comes to our national security, when it comes to data that's coming from Americans, we're always going to make sure that we're addressing those threats that we face."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Trump's opposition is a meaningful new headwind to this bill becoming law, he said."
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-8% Liberal
"Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not say whether or not he would support the bill, instead saying that The Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House."
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-16% Liberal
"Also, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Biden administration doesn't expect the bill to adversely affect China-U.S. relations."
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-34% Liberal
"Former President Donald Trump, who supported a ban in 2020, said he didn't support a ban this time around."
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-34% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The bill is called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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