Legislation passed to ban or sell TikTok for security
The Washington Post — April 24, 2024, 03:00 AM UTC
Summary: Congress passed legislation to ban or force a sale of TikTok due to national security risks. The Senate approved the measure 79 to 18, giving ByteDance nine months to sell the app or face a national ban. TikTok has over 170 million users in the U.S. Lawmakers fear Chinese government access to data. President Biden plans to sign the bill into law on Wednesday.
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