Lawmakers' approval of a bill that could effectively ban TikTok sparked rumors about its wider influence
An effort that could effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. received bipartisan support in the House this week, with 352 representatives approving a bill that would 'incentivize divestment of TikTok' by threatening to exclude it from mobile app stores in the United States.The bill, lawmakers say, would compel TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to divest from and sell TikTok. The app has sparked privacy concerns due to ByteDance's alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party .
While the bill mentions TikTok owner ByteDance, it says its broader aim is to 'protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications.
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