A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced a bill prohibiting TikTok from operating in the United States unless it cuts ties to ByteDance. Photo: Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP/FileSource: AFPUS lawmakers moved Wednesday to pressure TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban, in a broader push to keep social media apps out of foreign adversaries' control. The legislation would also allow the president to extend such a ban to social media platforms that pose a similar national security risk. In discussing the bill, policymakers raised concern that TikTok has become a key news source for the younger generation. But a TikTok spokesperson told AFP: "This bill is an outright ban of TikTok, no matter how much the authors try to disguise it."

Source: Daily Nation March 07, 2024 04:57 UTC