A bill that would ban TikTok is currently making its way through Congress due to fears that the data collected could threaten national security.
The future of a popular video sharing app is unclear after the house passed a bill that could ban the platform in the United States.A bill that could force the popular video-sharing platform out of the country is on its way through Congress as some lawmakers fear TikTok is a threat to national security. Download the 12News app
The House approved a bill that would force ByteDance, the Chinese-owned company, to sell its platform or become banned in the United States.Taylor and King said lawmakers should have the same privacy concerns about American-owned companies.Taylor and King traveled to Washington D.C. in hopes of convincing lawmakers to rethink cutting the social media platform out.
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