Depending on whom you ask, the video platform is either a showcase for goofy dances and make-up tutorials or a sophisticated threat to US national security.
Depending on whom you ask, the short-form video platform TikTok is either a showcase for goofy dances and make-up tutorials or a sophisticated threat to US national security.
If the bill passes, ByteDance will have to divest TikTok and other applications it owns within six months.Renewed efforts by the US Congress to force TikTok to sell to a non-Chinese entity or face a ban in the US have the backing of the White House, even as President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has started to use the platform to reach younger voters.
In November, a US judge ruled that TikTok and rival social media platforms must face claims in hundreds of federal lawsuits blaming them for addicting young people to social media.
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