If approved by the Senate, the legislation would force ByteDance, the owner of the TikTok social media app, to sell off its US operations within a year or see the popular video sharing platform banned from the country - the first time the US government would have shut a social media platform.
Both Democrat and Republican representatives have expressed security concerns over the popularity of TikTok and its Chinese ownership, regarding it as a potential way for Beijing to exert influence on public opinion in America, as well as providing access to information on US users.
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