House panel unanimously advances bipartisan bill that could ban TikTok

DC-area lawmakers consider bill that would prohibit TikTok in the US

Close to 170 million Americans use the social media app TikTok, but lawmakers say the popular social media platform poses a threat to national security. “We’re at a moment in time when almost half of young people in America get their news from Tik Tok,” said Virginia Sen. Mark Warner. “And there is clear evidence that the Chinese Communist Party could manipulate the algorithm to manipulate the type of news that these young people could be gettin…

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Bill banning TikTok app headed to House after unanimous committee vote

Tiktok executives are getting nervous as a bill that could make the Chinese app unavailable in the U.S. heads to the House of Representatives. The prospective legislation was fully supported by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., after advancing out of a bipartisan committee with a unanimous 50-0 vote. The bill would require TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to fully divest all of its applications within 180 days or risk a ban on those ap…

The Bill That Could Get TikTok Banned in the U.S.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that could force ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the United States.  The bill was first introduced in the House on Tuesday by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and is referred to as the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Cont…

The application took its users to task after a text was voted on by a House of Representatives committee. The latter aims to force TikTok's Chinese parent company to cede capital control.

Bill that could make TikTok unavailable in the US advances quickly in the House

WASHINGTON — A bill that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the House as lawmakers voice concerns