House passes bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell the popular app
China,TikTok,Social Media,Technology,Big Tech,Politics,Donald Trump,Joe Biden,National Defense,Defense And Security
The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the wildly popular social media platform or face a ban in the U.S.
If enacted, the bill would give ByteDance six months to divest from TikTok before app stores would start prohibiting access.
The final vote was 352-65, surpassing the two-thirds majority threshold needed to pass the legislation under a suspension of the rules.
The bill passed despite an eleventh-hour lobbying push from TikTok's supporters and some opposition from former President Donald Trump, who reversed his position on the app.
It's unclear if it...
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