US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide - BBC News

The bill would force a Chinese tech giant to sell its stake in the app, but its fate in the Senate is unclear.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, There have been protests over a potential ban on TikTok at the Capitol building in Washington DCBy Bernd Debusmann, Matt Murphy & Natalie ShermanBBC News, in Congress, Washington DC & New YorkThe US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.

It would give the social media giant's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would be blocked in the US.

While the bill passed overwhelmingly in a bipartisan vote, it still needs to clear the Senate and be signed by the president to become law.

Lawmakers have long held concerns about China's influence over TikTok.

TikTok is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, founded in 2012.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68556540

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