A bill intended to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the app passed a House committee unanimously, today, March 7. This sets up a floor vote.
The measure could be used to ban TikTok from U.S. app stores unless its parent company, ByteDance, divests the social media platform.
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 about the potential for the platform to surveil and manipulate Americans. https://t.co/RruWXdPxAm
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) March 7, 2024
Breaking: U.S. House Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. & the CCP Approves TikTok Crackdown Bill on 50-0 Vote
“This is my message to TikTok: break up with the [China] or lose access to your American users,” said Chairman Gallagher. “America’s foremost… pic.twitter.com/0DHLgU2wYN
— Te𝕏asLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) March 7, 2024
Our statement on the latest TikTok legislation: This bill is an outright ban of TikTok, no matter how much the authors try to disguise it. This legislation will trample the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and deprive 5 million small businesses of a platform they…
— TikTok Policy (@TikTokPolicy) March 5, 2024
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