U. S. House of Representatives – The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced an outright ban on the app TikTok unless the Chinese owner Byte Dance agrees to divest the app. The app has some 150 million United States users with up to 5 million who make money using it.
This bill intends to diminish concerns over national security. A TikTok spokesperson said, “The government is attempting to strip 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression. This will damage millions of businesses, deny artists an audience, and destroy the livelihoods of countless creators across the country,”
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