Why is US threatening to ban TikTok and will other countries follow suit?
Briefly

The bill gives TikTok's Beijing-based parent, Dance, 270 days to sell the app's US operations. If ByteDance appears close to completing a deal as the deadline looms, the president can authorise a 90-day extension.
If ByteDance fails to carry out a sale at all, then it faces a nationwide ban, by blocking app stores and web hosts from distributing TikTok.
US lawmakers are concerned data from TikTok's US users could be accessed by the Chinese state under national security laws. FBI director Christopher Wray warned that Beijing can manipulate TikTok algorithms and collect user data.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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