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US House overwhelmingly passes TikTok ban bill

Economic Times · 1y

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or face a ban in the United States. The legislation gained bipartisan support and threatens the popular video-sharing app's future in the country. However, the fate of the bill remains uncertain as it moves to the Senate, where some lawmakers are hesitant about taking such drastic action against an app with 170 million US users. The bill also grants the president the power to designate other applications as national security threats. TikTok's parent company has 180 days to sell the app or risk being barred from app stores in the US.