TikTok's Chinese owners are facing the prospect of the video app being banned in the United States unless they sell its American operation.
TikTok's Chinese owners are facing the prospect of the video app being banned in the United States unless they sell its American operation. A vote by the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly supported a measure to force ByteDance into divestment within six months on national security grounds. The Bill still needs to pass the Senate to become law. President Biden's White House has stated that it would support the legislation.
Supporters argue that the Bill is about protecting Americans and not banning TikTok. The Bill contends that the Chinese firm is effectively under the control of the government in Beijing - a regime that could demand access to data on its 170 million US users at any time. Read more on TikTok:What would US ban mean and could it happen in UK? This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
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