But who will buy TikTok's US operations, which, by some estimates, could fetch up to $100bn (£80.2bn)? espionage, surveillance and hacks TikTok has stressed US data will be ringfenced and stored on Or
Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake won a major boost late Wednesday when House Republican leaders included it in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel.
U.S. lawmakers have moved closer to enacting a countrywide ban on TikTok. Last month, the House of Representatives passed a bill by a wide margin that would ban distribution of TikTok in U.S. unless TikTok's Chinese parent,
A potential US ban against TikTok took a major step toward becoming reality on Saturday as House lawmakers approved a hot-button bill targeting the app as part of a wide-ranging aid package for Israel and Ukraine.
Legislation that could ban TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake has won a major boost as House Republicans included it in a package of bills that would send U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Citing national security risks from a China-based app sitting on millions of American phones, the House bill demands the app’s owner ByteDance sell TikTok within a year, or the service will be banned in the U.
TikTok could be banned in the United States with Congress on the brink of passing a bill that would push parent company ByteDance to divest of the app.