This Wednesday, the House of Representatives of USA approved a bill that aims to TikTok ban nationwide if the company that owns it doesn’t sell it.
This follows national security policy in China, where the social network’s headquarters are located, which forces companies to collect and deliver information about their users.
From Washington, Congress took the first step through the Lower House amid the concern of legislators, who They consider that the policies applied by China represent a threat to national security.
The bill It was approved with 352 votes in favor and 65 against..
The next step will be from the Senate, which, if approved, will have to send it to the White House for the approval of President Joe Biden, who recently assured that he would affix his signature to the document.
TikTok has more than 150 million users in the United States and is a subsidiary of the Chinese technology company ByteDance Ltd. According to legislators, it has a debt with the Chinese government, which could demand access to the data of North American consumers.
“We have given TikTok a clear option,” said the Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers. “Separate from its parent company ByteDance, which is beholden to the CCP (the Chinese Communist Party), and continue operating in the United States, or side with the CCP and face the consequences. TikTok has to choose”.
#House #Representatives #approves #TikTok #bill