Honorable Members of the Senate:
We, a coalition of U.S.-based organizations and human rights activists, urgently seek your support for the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act which recently passed in the House and is pending in the Senate. The signatories of this letter share the common goals of advocatingfor communities targeted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and addressing its threat to democracy.
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, operates directly under the control of the CCP, which is known for its blatant human rights violations, misuse of surveillance technology, and global propaganda schemes. As representatives of affected communities, we believe that this bill effectively addresses the threat posed by the CCP to the security of U.S. citizens and the integrity of our information environment, all without restricting free speech or harming the app’s users.
TikTok’s latest data privacy policy allows the sharing of user data with the Chinese government for “purposes related to national security.” Many signatories of this letter have been subjected to transnational repression, facing cyberattacks, surveillance, and threats for their advocacy. Under its current ownership, TikTok serves as a direct conduit for advancing the CCP’s agenda of tracking, censoring, and intimidating American citizens. Additionally, TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps contain algorithms that censor content critical of the CCP while amplifying anti-Western narratives. With TikTok under CCP control, this manipulation extends to the United States, impacting our public discourse. This influence shapes public sentiment and affects public policy, thus highlighting China’s infiltration and sway over the U.S. democratic process.
It is crucial to emphasize: we do not advocate for banning the app. Instead, we aim to confront the problematic ownership of the social media platform by the Chinese government—a regime known for its ruthless pursuit of centralized control through the surveillance, collective punishment, imprisonment, and torture of dissidents, depriving its citizens of all basic freedoms and rights. This regime’s crackdown on Hong Kong’s autonomy and democratic freedom has been relentless, with dissenters facing harsh reprisals. Taiwan faces constant military threats and disinformation campaigns undermining its sovereignty. Southern Mongolians endure cultural erasure and persecution. Tibetans suffer inhumane surveillance and erosion of identity, including the abduction of children into state boarding schools and arbitrary detention. The CCP has effectively developed the capacity to surveil and erase an entire ethnic
group while making a profit, as seen by the forced birthrate suppression, forced organ harvesting, forced labor, and genocide of the Uyghur people in East Turkistan (also known as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). TikTok has been utilized by the Chinese Government to disseminate propaganda and disinformation regarding every atrocity listed above.
Businesses under the control of a dictatorship have virtually unlimited resources to further the dictator’s interests. Even in discussions regarding this bill, we are caught in an information war, with TikTok spreading misinformation to instill fear that this legislation will ban the app. The legislation proposed in H.R. 7521 does not intend to resort to a ban, and if the company is not sold to a suitable buyer, consumers of the app can safely and seamlessly transition their data to an appropriate alternative platform. We urge you to support this crucial piece of legislation which addresses the truth: the CCP’s ownership of TikTok is an active threat to American society. A danger the signatories of this letter are actively working to combat everyday.
Please support the advancement of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act in the Senate.
Thank you for your time and taking our request into consideration.
Sincerely,
Abdulhakim Idris
Executive Director
Center For Uyghur Studies
Baosheng Guo Chinese dissident Scholar at George Washington University
Dr. Rishat Abbas President Uyghur Academy
Elfidar Iltebir President Uyghur American Association
Frances Hui Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
Ismail Juma Hope Umbrella International Foundation
Omer Kanat Executive Director Uyghur Human Rights Project
Dr. HongTien Lai Chairman Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York
Rushan Abbas Founder, Executive Director Campaign for Uyghurs
Samet Awut Founder, Director Voltek Solar & Electric LLC
Tahir Imin Founder, Supervisor Uyghur Times
Hong Kongers in San Diego
Fengsuo Zhou Executive Director Human Rights in China
Shengchun Luo Director of Advocacy Humanitarian China
Maya Mitalipova President Boston Uyghur Association
Nathan Duddles Founder, Project Director Silk Road Peace Project
Enghebatu Togochog Director Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
Wang Dan Director Dialogue China
Anna Wang President IPK Media (Shining Light Media)
Dr. Bill Clark Peace Catalyst International
Roberta Kjesrud Christian Coalition for Uyghurs
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Chemi Lhamo Campaigns Director Students for a Free Tibet
Anna Kwok Executive Director Hong Kong Democracy Council
Borcheng Hsu Keep Taiwan Free
Patrick Poon Visiting Researcher University of Tokyo
Abraham Chuang CEO Taiwan National Treasure Foundation
Tina Chuang President Taiwan Aloha
Zijuan Chen Victim of the CCP
Shengliang Lin China Human Rights Accountability Database
Yuhua Wang China Spring Editorial Board
JingFang Ni China Democratic Party
Zheng Fang President Chinese Democratic Education Foundation
Jing Zhang President Women’s Rights in China
Ming Chiang President Hello Taiwan
Peng Qin Independent Commentator
Chongyi Feng President Australian and New Zealand Alliance for Victims of the Chinese Communist Regim
尊敬的参议院成员：
我们，一个由美国本土组织和人权活动家组成的联盟，急切地寻求您对《保护美国人免受外国敌对应用控制法案》的支持，该法案最近在众议院通过，目前正在参议院审议中。这封信的签署者共同的目标是倡导中国共产党（CCP）针对的社区，并解决其对民主的威胁。字节跳动（TikTok的母公司）直接受到CCP的控制，而CCP以其公然的人权侵犯、滥用监控技术和全球宣传计划而闻名。作为受影响社区的代表，我们相信这项法案有效地解决了CCP对美国公民安全和我们信息环境完整性的威胁，而不会限制言论自由或伤害应用的用户。
TikTok最新的数据隐私政策允许与中国政府共享用户数据，以“国家安全相关目的”为由。这封信的许多签署者都遭受了跨国压迫，面临网络攻击、监视和因其倡导活动而受到的威胁。在当前的所有权下，TikTok成为推进CCP跟踪、审查和恐吓美国公民议程的直接渠道。此外，字节跳动旗下的TikTok和其他应用的算法审查批评CCP的内容，同时放大反西方叙事。在CCP控制下的TikTok，这种操纵扩展到了美国，影响了我们的公共话语。这种影响塑造了公众情绪，并影响了公共政策，从而凸显了中国对美国民主进程的渗透和影响。
我们强调：我们并不主张禁用该应用。相反，我们旨在解决中国政府对社交媒体平台所有权的问题——一个以通过监控、集体惩罚、监禁和折磨异见人士、剥夺其公民所有基本自由和权利为手段追求集中控制的政权。这个政权对香港的自治和民主自由的打压是无情的，持不同政见者面临严厉的报复。台湾面临不断的军事威胁和破坏其主权的虚假信息活动。南蒙古人忍受文化消除和迫害。藏人遭受非人的监视和身份侵蚀，包括将儿童绑架到国家寄宿学校和任意拘留。CCP有效地发展了监视和消除整个民族的能力，同时通过强制降低出生率、强制器官摘取、强迫劳动和对东突厥斯坦（也称新疆维吾尔自治区）维吾尔人的种族灭绝来牟利。中国政府利用TikTok传播有关上述所有暴行的宣传和虚假信息。
受独裁政权控制的企业几乎拥有无限资源来进一步独裁者的利益。即便是关于这项法案的讨论中，我们也陷入了一场信息战，TikTok传播虚假信息，以制造这项立法将禁用该应用的恐惧。在H.R. 7521提出的立法并不打算采取禁令，如果该公司不出售给合适的买家，应用的消费者可以安全、无缝地将其数据转移到合适的替代平台。
我们敦促您支持这一至关重要的立法，该立法揭示了真相：CCP对TikTok的所有权对美国社会构成了现实的威胁。这是信中的签署者们每天都在积极对抗的危险。
请支持《保护美国人免受外国敌对应用控制法案》在参议院的推进。
感谢您抽出时间并考虑我们的请求。诚挚地，
阿卜杜勒哈基姆·伊德里斯 执行董事 维吾尔研究中心
包生国 中国异见学者 乔治华盛顿大学
里沙特·阿巴斯 博士 主席 维吾尔学院
艾尔菲达·伊尔特比尔 主席 维吾尔美国协会
弗朗西斯·辉 政策与倡导协调员 香港自由委员会基金会
伊斯梅尔·朱马 希望伞国际基金会
奥默尔·卡纳特 执行董事 维吾尔人权项目
洪田来 博士 主席 大纽约地区台湾美国委员会
鲁珊·阿巴斯 创始人、执行董事 维吾尔人运动
萨梅特·阿乌特 创始人、董事 Voltek Solar & Electric LLC
塔希尔·伊明 创始人、监督 维吾尔时报
圣地亚哥的香港人
周锋锁 执行董事 中国人权
罗生春 倡导总监 人道中国
玛雅·米塔利波娃 主席 波士顿维吾尔协会
内森·达德尔斯 创始人、项目董事 丝绸之路和平项目
恩和巴图·托格托格 主任 南蒙古人权信息中心
王丹 董事 对话中国
安娜·王 主席 IPK媒体（照亮之光媒体）
比尔·克拉克 博士 和平催化剂国际
罗伯塔·基耶斯鲁德 基督教联盟维吾尔人
共产主义受害者纪念基金会
切米·拉莫 运动总监 自由西藏学生会
安娜·郭 执行董事 香港民主委员会
博城徐 保持台湾自由
潘志勇 访问研究员 东京大学
阿伯拉罕·蒋 总裁 台湾国宝基金会
蒂娜·蒋 主席 台湾Aloha
陈子娟 中国共产党受害者
林胜良 中国人权问责数据库
王玉华 中国春天编辑委员会
倪静芳 中国民主党
方正 主席 中国民主教育基金会
张静 主席 中国妇女权益
江明 主席 你好台湾
秦鹏 独立评论员
冯崇义 主席 澳大利亚和新西兰中国共产党受害者联盟
（翻译源自AI）
