Cheddar News explains the $1.7 billion legislation draft to ban federal employees from having TokTok on government-owned devices.

Good2Know: Explaining the TikTok Ban Proposal by Lawmakers

and it is time for good to know. Your daily dose of knowledge nuggets about today's top stories. Lawmakers unveiled their jam packed spending bill this morning that they're expected to sign this week. And if you're a Tiktok user, I think most of us are you're gonna wanna hear this Cheddars lisa Benetton is here with all the details, lisa hi Hannah. Well, there's a long history here in Washington of hanging unrelated amendments on key spending bills and today is no exception. The massive $1.7 trillion bill draft included a proposal to ban federal government employees from using Tiktok a chinese owned app on government owned devices amid increasing national security fears. And the bill gives the White House Office of Management and budget 60 days to develop standards and guidelines for executive agencies requiring the removal of Tiktok from federal devices. So could this impact the more than one billion Tiktok users who log in from the on the device on the private devices? Well, in short, no, but it does shed light on the growing concerns surrounding the app and the way lawmakers across both party lines are willing to take concrete steps towards banning the app? And this provision comes as over a dozen states announced new restrictions to the app on government devices, most of which coming in just the last two weeks. And why are lawmakers sounding the alarm? Well, because it's a chinese owned company, the chinese government can compel the company provide access to Tiktok's valuable data in china, a country who does not have America's best interests at heart could also be influencing the content shown to americans. And Tiktok, for its part, has said it is troubling that rather than encouraging the administration to conclude its national security review of Tiktok, some members of Congress have decided to push for politically motivated bands that will do nothing to advance the national security of the United States. All right, lisa Benetton live in D. C. A lot of great information there, lisa, thank you so much.