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House Passes TikTok Ban Bill: What It Means for TikTok Users

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The House of Representatives passed a foreign aid package that included a TikTok ban if ByteDance doesn't sell its app.

The House of Representatives, led by a Republican majority, passed legislation on Saturday that will ban the popular social media app TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owner does not sell its stake in the next year.

“We will not stop fighting and advocating for you,” said TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in a video posted on TikTok last month. “We will continue to do all we can, including exercising our legal rights, to protect this amazing platform that we have built with you.” This echoes the company’s stance on state-level attempts to ban or curtail access to TikTok when ByteDance also relied on First Amendment-type arguments.

However, given that some bill proponents, such as Democratic Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, argue that TikTok can be leveraged as a propaganda tool by the Chinese government, especially against young Americans, the issues of national security and free speech are clearly intertwined.

 

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