Anna Paulina Luna has strongly advocated for a national ban on TikTok, citing its use by the Chinese Communist Party for intelligence gathering, psychological operations, and as a national security threat (Fox News, Fox News Channel).
She introduced and supported legislation to prohibit foreign adversaries from accessing or storing American user data via social media platforms, and specifically targeted TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram (Mornings with Maria, FBN).
Luna has publicly stated that she does not use social media apps on her personal phone due to digital security concerns (Fox News).
She has aggressively pushed for federal transparency around unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), criticizing the Pentagon and federal agencies for withholding information from Congress and supporting legislation to automatically declassify related records (NBC - 8 WFLA, Tampa Bay Times).
In 2023-2024, Luna led a successful House amendment to ban taxpayer funding for research conducted by the People's Republic of China, emphasizing her focus on blocking technological and informational vulnerabilities (Tampa Bay Times).
2023-2024: Luna Led Amendment To Ban Research Funding For China According to Tampa Bay Times, "The House tacked an amendment of hers onto a defense spending measure that eventually became law. The amendment banned taxpayer money from supporting research conducted by the People's Republic of China." [Tampa Bay Times, 10/19/24]
July 2023: Luna Warned Pentagon Of Consequences For Withholding UAP Information According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "Y entonces, si el Departamento de la Fuerza Aérea, si el Pentágono cree que están por encima del Congreso, algo más les espera", dijo en ese momento. "Les dijimos que íbamos a hacer esto si seguían ocultando información y, en última instancia, el pueblo estadounidense merece los hechos." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 11/30/23]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Former Secret Service Director Gave Conflicting Accounts Of White House Communications In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "When we were talking with her, I'm sure you heard a few members actually asked her about encrypted communications with the White House. Initially, she denied them. Then she said that she did use these communications. She also was giving us different timelines, at one point said that she actually didn't really have timelines to reference." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 7/23/24]
2025: Luna Criticized Federal Agencies' Secrecy On UAPs And Pentagon Budget Oversight According to Free Press (Tampa, Florida), 'If we're writing the budget for the Pentagon, why is it that we don't have access to information about UAPs?' Luna asked. 'This is not a free and true government.' [Free Press (Tampa, Florida), 2/11/25]
November 2023: Luna Questioned Congressional Access To UFO Information According to Tampa Bay Times, 'Luna and fellow Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz, a Republican, and Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat, urged congressional colleagues to pass an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to require the Department of Defense to automatically declassify records relating to "publicly known sightings." [...] Luna, a St. Petersburg Republican who serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said she and other members of Congress have been denied information because they don't have proper security clearances. "If we do not have the clearance, who does?" she said.' [Tampa Bay Times, 11/30/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized U.S. Military For Withholding UAP Information From Congress According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "the Florida congresswoman [Luna] saying ahead of a July hearing that members of Congress have been 'stonewalled' by military officials when they've asked for details on UAPs, including their possible origins. 'And so, if the Department of the Air Force, if the Pentagon thinks they're above Congress, they have something else coming to them,' she said at the time. 'We told them we were going to do this if they continue to hide information and ultimately, American people deserve the facts.'" [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 11/30/23]
November 2023: Luna Asserted Congress Lacked Security Clearance For UFO Information According to Miami Herald, "Luna, a St. Petersburg Republican who serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said she and other members of Congress have been denied information because they don't have proper security clearances. 'If we do not have the clearance, who does?' she said." [Miami Herald, 11/30/23]
July 2023: Luna Asserted Congressional Requests On UAP Were Obstructed By Military Officials According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "la congresista de Florida dijo antes de una audiencia en julio que los miembros del Congreso han sido 'obstruidos' por funcionarios militares cuando pidieron detalles sobre los UAP, incluida su posible orígenes." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 11/30/23]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Stated Corporations Faced New Scrutiny On Additives Under Incoming Trump Administration In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "now that President Trump's incoming, all of these corporations understand that they can no longer, I think, take the easy way out. So we're looking forward to more surprises, specifically on the border." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Jesse Watters, 1/17/25]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Revealed Not Using Social Media Apps On Personal Phone In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I can tell you, Neil, that I don't have any social media apps on my phone whatsoever because of this concern." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Disclosed Not Having Social Media Apps On Her Phone Due To Security Concerns In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I can tell you, Neil, that I don't have any social media apps on my phone whatsoever because of this concern." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed TikTok Served As 'Massive Honeypot Gathering Operation' For China In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "this has been a massive honeypot gathering operation. That's a term used in the intelligence community for when you basically trick someone into gathering information, and that's really what they have done. If you have the app, if you're a parent and you have a child that has this app on their phone, understand that you are opening up all of your private information and data as well to this company and the CCP." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Advocated For Ban On TikTok Citing National Security Concerns In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I have been a massive, massive advocate and voice in banning this altogether. And, unfortunately, there will be a lot of people upset about this. But, ultimately, my goal and objective is the safety and security not only of America's children, but our country." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Alleged CCP Used TikTok To Undermine American Youth In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "they are intentionally doing this not only as an effort to dumb down our youth, but they're also doing it because they don't want us to be pursuing things like the mathematics, science, and technology industries. And so this is something that they have done. It's a long-term goal of theirs. It's not only intelligence gathering, but it's a psychological operation." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Opposed Spinning Off TikTok From ByteDance As Insufficient In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think that they are absolutely correct. And notice that this is also a bipartisan support, because we understand from a national security and intelligence perspective that the CCP has not just been infiltrating us on our social media apps, but everything from our shipping industry to our military. ... ultimately, if these third-party companies are still working with the CCP, if they still have access, there's no accountability that we have to ensure that they aren't directly collecting data." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Outright Ban On TikTok For All Devices In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "from our perspective, we're going to start with an outright ban altogether. ... if we wouldn't allow for the CCP to open up a facility here on American soil, if we are fighting so hard to prevent the Communist Chinese Party from owning farmlands near our American bases, why would we give them access to one of the most important things that every single person has, and that is your personal information and data? And so, from my perspective, and something that I will continue to be fighting for [...]" [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed TikTok Acted As A 'Massive Honeypot Gathering Operation' In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "this has been a massive honeypot gathering operation. That's a term used in the intelligence community for when you basically trick someone into gathering information, and that's really what they have done. [...] you are opening up all of your private information and data as well to this company and the CCP." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Advocated For Ban On TikTok In The US In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "So I have been a massive, massive advocate and voice in banning this altogether. [...] my goal and objective is the safety and security not only of America's children, but our country." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted CCP Used TikTok To 'Dumb Down' American Youth And Undermine STEM Fields In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "the Communist Chinese Party would never allow for an American-owned app to show basically a Tide POD eating challenge or twerking videos to the young people there. They are intentionally doing this not only as an effort to dumb down our youth, but they're also doing it because they don't want us to be pursuing things like the mathematics, science, and technology industries." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Warned Spinning Off TikTok From ByteDance Would Not Remove Chinese Influence In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "And I think that they are absolutely correct. [...] if these third-party companies are still working with the CCP, if they still have access, there's no accountability that we have to ensure that they aren't directly collecting data." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Supported An Outright National Ban On TikTok In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "from our perspective, we're going to start with an outright ban altogether." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Compared TikTok Data Risks To CCP Acquisition Of US Farmland Or Facilities In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "if we wouldn't allow for the CCP to open up a facility here on American soil, if we are fighting so hard to prevent the Communist Chinese Party from owning farmlands near our American bases, why would we give them access to one of the most important things that every single person has, and that is your personal information and data?" [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
March 2023: Luna Linked TikTok To Psychological Manipulation Targeting American Youth According to Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna stated, "They are intentionally doing this not only as an effort to dumb down our youth, but they're also doing it because they don't want us to be pursuing things like the mathematics, science, and technology industries. And so this is something that they have done. It's a long-term goal of theirs. It's not only intelligence gathering, but it's a psychological operation." [Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
March 2023: Luna Expressed Support For An Outright Ban On TikTok In The U.S. According to Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna stated, "From our perspective, we're going to start with an outright ban altogether. This is not just something that stays isolated. Once you have it on your phone wheel, they might be able to access other devices using Bluetooth, using Internet, without you even acknowledging it or knowing it." [Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Advocated For Outright Ban Of TikTok In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I have been a massive, massive advocate and voice in banning this altogether. [...] Ultimately, my goal and objective is the safety and security not only of America's children, but our country. And that's not going to continue if we have this app on people's phones." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed TikTok Is Used For Intelligence Gathering And Psychological Operations By The CCP In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "this is something that they have done. It's a long-term goal of theirs. It's not only intelligence gathering, but it's a psychological operation. And so I'm OK with explaining that to any young person, but we cannot allow any further for the CCP to have a leg up, especially in our culture and our communities." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Extending TikTok Ban Beyond Government Devices To All Users In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "from our perspective, we're going to start with an outright ban altogether. [...] if we wouldn't allow for the CCP to open up a facility here on American soil, if we are fighting so hard to prevent the Communist Chinese Party from owning farmlands near our American bases, why would we give them access to one of the most important things that every single person has, and that is your personal information and data?" [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 3/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Introduced Bill To Prohibit Foreign Adversaries From Accessing American Data Via Social Media Platforms In an interview with FBN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Ultimately, what my bill is hoping to do is protect that information of American users of that data, which in my opinion is probably some of the most useful and also precious information that we currently have in this digital age." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, 11/15/23]
November 2023: Luna Introduced Bill To Restrict Data Storage In Foreign Adversary Countries According to Mornings with Maria, "Well, you introduced a bill yesterday which would stop foreign adversaries from accessing or exploiting Americans' personal data. It specifically prohibits TikTok and Facebook and Instagram from storing any citizen data in a physical data center located within a foreign adversary like China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea or Russia." [Mornings with Maria, 11/15/23]
November 2023: Luna Cited National Security Risks Of TikTok And Social Media Data Collection By Foreign Adversaries According to Mornings with Maria, Anna Paulina Luna said, "What we're finding is these platforms like TikTok are actually collecting data on the users. They're owned and operated by countries that don't have an invested interest in seeing the United States or Western culture as a whole survive and succeed." [Mornings with Maria, 11/15/23]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Claimed TikTok Was Used As "Military Weapon" By Chinese Communist Party In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "TikTok is a military weapon being used by the CCP. If I could just, for a moment, the ability to dragnet our systems to collect on intelligence, to collect on military exists with this app." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Maria Bartiromo), 3/17/24]
July 2023: Luna Supported Legislation To Declassify UAP Information According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Luna argued the SCIF with Grusch would help lawmakers better understand the type of legislation they need to write regarding UAPs. She said she supports legislation that would declassify information on the phenomena." [NBC - 8 WFLA, 7/30/23]
July 2023: Luna Warned Of A 'Battle' For UAP Transparency After Blocked Reporting Amendment According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "The initiative was blocked, which Luna said was an indication that 'we clearly have a battle ahead of us.'" [NBC - 8 WFLA, 7/30/23]
November 2023: Luna Joined Effort For Federal Transparency On Unidentified Aerial Phenomena According to Tampa Bay Times, 'Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., joined at left by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to reporters to discuss the need from the federal government for more transparency regarding unidentified aerial phenomena, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.' [Tampa Bay Times, 11/30/23]
November 2023: Anna Paulina Luna Announced Bipartisan Press Conference On UAP Transparency According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) announced that she will be hosting a bipartisan press conference on Thursday to discuss the U.S.'s lack of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) transparency." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 11/30/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Calls For Increased UAP Transparency According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Luna and Gaetz have also been vocal about UAP transparency over the last year." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 11/30/23]
November 2023: Anna Paulina Luna Scheduled UAP Press Conference Livestream On X According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Luna noted that the press conference will be streamed on her account on X, the platform previously known as Twitter." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 11/30/23]
November 2023: Anna Paulina Luna Announced Bipartisan Press Conference On UAP Transparency According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "La representante Anna Paulina Luna (republicana por Florida) anunció que organizará una conferencia de prensa bipartidista el jueves para discutir la falta de transparencia de los fenómenos aéreos no identificados (UAP) en Estados Unidos." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 11/30/23]