Wednesday, March 13, 2024 12:09PMSAN FRANCISCO --A new bill would force the social media app's Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance to divest in TikTok, or face a U.S. ban.
Tech expert Ahmed Banafa said this could ultimately cripple the app that has 170 million U.S. users - more than any other country in the world.Is TikTok getting banned? House panel unanimously approves bill for nationwide ban "It doesn't mean that they're going to go to the phones of every single user and uninstall it," Banafa said. "The government will ask Apple and Google to remove it from their app stores. So if there's no more update, the app itself is going to become outdated and become less attractive and it's going to die out over time."executive order from President Donald TrumpThis time, TikTok is fighting back.
"It allows you to find people who are like-minded with yourself, but also allow you to search for different opinions and different locations," Juratovac said. "So, this ban would actually impact a lot of small American businesses. This ban would actually impact a lot of content creators who are building their careers using the TikTok platform.
"They have to follow the U.S. Constitution and when it comes to restricting the Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment," Juratovac said. "There are very specific particularities that the government has to prove in order to infringe on that speech or infringe on that right."Next would be the Senate, then President Biden who has said he will sign it immediately should it reach his desk.
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