TikTok’s ban has been approved by the House and will head to the Senate.
The United States House of Representatives has voted in favor of a bill banning TikTok. This does not mean that the app will be banned in the U.S. just yet, as the bill will have to get approved in the Senate, first. However, the first major step has now happened, and it does pose a lot of questions for users. If the bill does get passed by the Senate and signed by President Joe Biden, then TikTok’s owner ByteDance will have five months to sell the company. After that time, companies like Apple and Google would be prohibited from offering the app on their storefronts.
Much of the opposition to TikTok has come from the fact that it’s owned by a Chinese company. Legislators in the United States have made the argument that the Chinese government would be able to spy on citizens through the country’s intelligence laws. Legislators are concerned that TikTok could end up proving to be a threat to national security.
Unsurprisingly, TikTok has widely opposed the legislation. At this time, we don’t know who could end up owning TikTok, or if the company will simply cease operations in the United States. This is definitely a new situation, but there are bound to be a lot of interested buyers, given the sheer size of TikTok’s user base. According to CNN, TikTok is currently used by more than 170 million Americans, who are no doubt wondering what will happen from here.
This story is developing…
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