On March 13, all four local Congressional representatives voted to block the Tik Tok app from operating in the United States. Both Republicans Elise Stefanik and Marc Molinaro, and Democrats Paul Tonko and Pat Ryan, voted for the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," which passed 352-to-65. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, an affiliate of the Chinese government. This bill would make it unlawful for China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea to own or operate an app or website in the United States.