House Armed Services Committee NDAA Adds Ban on TikTok and New Rules for Military Drone Purchases
The House Armed Services Committee has officially inserted a TikTok ban and stricter oversight for drone procurement into the latest National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). While the committee claims the ban is about national security, the rule quietly also exempts Pentagon contractors from disclosing civilian drone crash data, raising questions about transparency. Meanwhile, a fake rumor is circulating that the NDAA will “fund a secret alien tech program,” but that’s entirely false—no such language exists in the draft. The real debate centers on how the military will use AI in future combat, not extraterrestrial hardware.