Sunday, April 21, 2024

TikTok could be banned

TikTok 'total ban' in the U.S. is now the 'predetermined outcome' after House forces sale of popular app

  • The House passed a measure forcing TikTok to be sold or banned
  • It forces TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest from the app
  • If ByteDance doesn't divest from the app within a year TikTok would get banned
A total TikTok ban in the U.S. is now almost a certainty as the House forces sale of the popular app after critics warned it was like 'a gun pointed at Americans' heads.'

The bill that could lead to a total TikTok ban in the U.S. passed 360 to 58, with broad bipartisan support.

The TikTok measure was part of a wider set of foreign aid legislation that the House passed Saturday afternoon, totaling $95 billion for U.S. partners abroad.

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