03/07/2024

New Push in Congress to Ban TikTok or Force Chinese Divestiture Gains Steam

The legislation would give ByteDance 165 days to divest the popular app

The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday is expected to vote on legislation giving China's ByteDance six months to divest from short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban.

Committee approval would set up a vote by U.S. House of Representatives that represents the first significant momentum for a U.S. crackdown on TikTok, which about 170 million U.S. users.

Representative Mike Gallagher, the Republican chairman of the House select China committee, and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the panel's top Democrat, on Tuesday introduced legislation to address national security concerns posed by Chinese ownership of the app.

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