WASHINGTON, March 13, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - The US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner or get banned in the United States. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is in Washington, trying to shore up support to stop the bill. The co-sponsors, House Republican Mike Gallagher and House Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, as well as the White House, argue that the bill is not a ban of Tiktok, as long as the company divests from ByteDance. When Trump was president, he attempted to wrest control of Tiktok from ByteDance, but was blocked by US courts. Other efforts to ban TikTok also failed with a bill proposed a year ago getting nowhere largely over free speech concerns.
