TikTok threatened with ban
US House passes bill for forced sale
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could lead to the popular video platform TikTok being banned in the US. The bill aims to force the parent company Bytedance to sell the app - otherwise it could be blocked.
According to the bill, the company has 180 days to sell TikTok. Bytedance is suspected of giving the Chinese Communist Party access to user data. In a rare act of bipartisan unity, the legislative initiative was supported in the House of Representatives by both the dominant opposition Republicans and President Joe Biden's Democrats. 325 MPs voted in favor and 65 against.
Bill could still fail
However, the approval of the Senate - the other chamber of Congress - is also uncertain. Some influential senators have spoken out against the bill. Republican former President Donald Trump also opposed a TikTok ban just this week.
However, the White House has already announced that Biden will sign off on the bill when it is passed by both chambers of Congress and thus bring it into force. Beijing criticized the proposed legislation on Wednesday as "bullying behavior" and warned in vague terms that this approach would "inevitably cause trouble for the US".
Facebook left behind
TikTok has long since overtaken Facebook and Instagram in terms of usage times. TikTok has more than one billion users worldwide.
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