A group of US lawmakers has introduced a bill that would require Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell off the popular video-sharing TikTok app within six months or face a ban.
For years American officials have raised concerns that data from the app could fall into the hands of the Chinese government.
A bipartisan set of 19 lawmakers introduced the legislation on Tuesday.
A bipartisan set of 19 lawmakers introduced the legislation on Tuesday.
In a statement announcing the bill, the lawmakers said “applications like TikTok that are controlled by foreign adversaries pose an unacceptable risk to US national security”.
The bill would give ByteDance 165 days to divest, or it would be blocked from the app store and web hosting platforms in the US.
“This legislation will trample the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and deprive 5 million small businesses of a platform they rely on to grow and create jobs,” TikTok said in a statement to the BBC.
TikTok has previously argued against divestment, saying a change in ownership would not impose new restrictions on data use.
A group of US lawmakers has introduced a bill that would require Chinese tech giant ByteDance to sell off the popular video-sharing TikTok app within six months or face a ban.
A bipartisan set of 19 lawmakers introduced the legislation on Tuesday.
For years American officials have raised concerns that data from the app could fall into the hands of the Chinese government.
In a statement announcing the bill, the lawmakers said “applications like TikTok that are controlled by foreign adversaries pose an unacceptable risk to US national security”.
A bipartisan set of 19 lawmakers introduced the legislation on Tuesday.
A bipartisan set of 19 lawmakers introduced the legislation on Tuesday.
In a statement announcing the bill, the lawmakers said “applications like TikTok that are controlled by foreign adversaries pose an unacceptable risk to US national security”.
The bill would give ByteDance 165 days to divest, or it would be blocked from the app store and web hosting platforms in the US.
“This legislation will trample the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and deprive 5 million small businesses of a platform they rely on to grow and create jobs,” TikTok said in a statement to the BBC.
TikTok has previously argued against divestment, saying a change in ownership would not impose new restrictions on data use.
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