House Passes Bill that Could Ban Chinese-Owned TikTok in America – 65 Members Vote No, Including 15 Republicans
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China may soon lose the ability to poison millions of young American minds with its social media app in the coming weeks if the House of Representatives gets its way. However, members of both political parties are raising concerns about possible constitutional violations.
As CNBC reported, the House approved a bill Wednesday that demands China tech giant ByteDance to sell off TikTok, or the infamous media app will be effectively banned in America. Specifically, the bill gives TikTok “six months to eliminate foreign adversary control — which would include ByteDance divesting its current ownership — to remain available in the United States.”
The measure, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications,
