Senators called for hearings on forcing TikTok's Chinese owner to sell the popular app or have it banned.
The effort in Congress to force a sale of TikTok gained traction today as Senators exited a closed-door briefing with national security officials and made calls for hearings on the matter.On March 13, the House voted 352-65 in favor of a bill that would force TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the company in six months or risk having the popular app banned in the United States.
ByteDance admitted in 2022 that an internal investigation found employees had inappropriately obtained the data of tech journalists using the app.TikTok did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment but has previously rejected claims that it could be used to carry out objectives of the CCP. On the day of the House bill's passage, TikTok shared a study detailing how it has contributed $24 Billion to U.S. economy in 2023 alone.Nonetheless, a bipartisan coalition is pushing forward.
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