House passes legislation that could ban TikTok in the US

Bill would ban TikTok from US app stores unless it finds a new owner, potential challenge opens up battle over citizens’ access to digital information.

The US House of Representatives has approved foreign aid packages for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as part of a legislative package that also included a national security bill containing a potential TikTok ban. The ban requires the app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest within nine months, and the Senate

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