TikTok faces ban if House bill passes

A bipartisan bill was unveiled Tuesday that would force Bytedance to either divest TikTok or face a US ban, as well as expand presidential powers to clamp down on other foreign-owned apps.

The bill would give the Chinese owners five months to divest the video platform or see it banned in the US, which TikTok insisted infringes upon the First Amendment rights of Americans.

A more general bill that would have opened up powers to act similarly to any platform was shot down last year.

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