US House easily passes TikTok ban bill as eyes turn to Senate

Mar 14, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    38% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    76% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    88% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

3% Positive

  •   Conservative
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"President Joe Biden will sign the bill, known officially as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, into law if it comes to his desk, the White House has said."
Positive
16% Conservative
"When Trump was president, he attempted to wrest control of TikTok from ByteDance, but was blocked by US courts."
Negative
-54% Liberal
"Republican lawmakers approved the bill, in an unusual act of defiance against Donald Trump."
Negative
-56% Liberal
"In a turnaround from his earlier stance, Trump on Monday said he was against a ban, mainly because it would strengthen Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, which he called an enemy of the people."
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-60% Liberal
"President Joe Biden will sign the bill, known officially as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, into law if it comes to his desk, the White House has said."
Positive
12% Conservative
"The renewed campaign against TikTok came out of the blue to the company, the Wall Street Journal reported, with TikTok executives reassured when Biden joined the app last month as part of his campaign for a second term."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Majority leader Chuck Schumer, who will need to back the bill, remained non-comital, saying only that the Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"I think it will die in the Senate, said Representative Nancy Mace, a Trump ally."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"When Trump was president, he attempted to wrest control of TikTok from ByteDance, but was blocked by US courts."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Republican lawmakers approved the bill, in an unusual act of defiance against Donald Trump."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"Today's bipartisan vote demonstrates Congress' opposition to Communist China's attempts to spy on and manipulate Americans, and signals our resolve to deter our enemies, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said after the vote."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"In a turnaround from his earlier stance, Trump on Monday said he was against a ban, mainly because it would strengthen Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, which he called an enemy of the people."
Negative
-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : President Joe Biden will sign the bill, known officially as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, into law if it comes to his desk, the White House has said.
23% : "When Trump was president, he attempted to wrest control of TikTok from ByteDance, but was blocked by US courts.
22% : "Republican lawmakers approved the bill, in an unusual act of defiance against Donald Trump.
20% : In a turnaround from his earlier stance, Trump on Monday said he was against a ban, mainly because it would strengthen Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, which he called an "enemy of the people.

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