The bill, passed by a vote of 352-65 in the House of Representatives, now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.
if its China-based owner doesn’t sell, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the company’s current ownership structure is a national security threat.TikTo has said it has never shared US user data with Chinese authorities and won’t do so if it is asked.TikTok, which has more than 150 million American users, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese technology firm ByteDance., which could demand access to the data of TikTok’s consumers in the US any time it wants.
Opposition to the bill was also bipartisan. Some Republicans said the US should warn consumers if there are data privacy and propaganda concerns, while some Democrats voiced concerns about the impact a ban would have on its millions of users in the US, many of which are entrepreneurs and business owners.
“What we’ve tried to do here is be very thoughtful and deliberate about the need to force a divestiture of TikTok without granting any authority to the executive branch to regulate content or go after any American company,” said Rep. Mike Gallagher, the bill’s author, as he emerged from the briefing.TikTok has long denied that it could be used as a tool of the Chinese government. The company has said it has never shared US user data with Chinese authorities and won’t do so if it is asked.
“We have a national security obligation to prevent America’s most strategic adversary from being so involved in our lives,” said Rep. Nick LaLota, a Republican from New York.
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