Philippine Representative Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. renewed his push to ban TikTok in the country, citing national security and data privacy concerns. The move revives his earlier effort from May 2024, when he filed House Bill 10489, seeking to prohibit applications controlled by what he described as “foreign adversaries.” Abante alleges that TikTok poses a national security threat because its parent company, ByteDance, is based in China and could potentially transmit sen