Bill proposes to do to China what China already does to the US – make life hard for foreign social networks
The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act – a law aimed at forcing TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app's US operations or face the prospect of a ban.names only TikTok as a"foreign adversary controlled application" and prohibits"Providing services to distribute, maintain, or update" the app – including by offering it for sale in an app store.
The bill only exited the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week and passed Congress with unusual speed with 352 votes in favor in the 435-member House. A majority of representatives from both the Republican and Democratic parties Whether the law is practical is also being debated. Chinese authorities have said they will prevent TikTok's owner from offloading the app's stateside operations. Just how to disentangle the US version of the app from TikTok's global infrastructure – or how long that might take – is also unknown.Australian Tax Office probed 150 staff over social media refund scam
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