US TikTok ban: When and why could the app could be outlawed? - BBC News

The video app TikTok could be banned in the US unless it is sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Liv McMahonTechnology reporterTikTok could be banned in the US unless it is sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance.

The video sharing app has millions of users worldwide, but has faced questions over the security of users' data and its links to the government in Beijing.

Lawmakers from both major US political parties have called for a law that bans TikTok unless ByteDance agrees to sell the app to a non-Chinese company.

They fear the Chinese government could force ByteDance to hand over data about TikTok's 170 million US users. TikTok insists it would not provide foreign user data to the Chinese government.

The House of Representatives and Senate have now both approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package with funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan which also contained a bill paving the way for the forced sale of TikTok.

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