A complete ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok is now closer than ever.
Bipartisan legislation could require TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or face an outright ban on app stores across the United States.
ByteDance, which is headquartered in Singapore but owned and controlled by China, has been under scrutiny for several years over concerns that it poses a serious risk to national security and that Beijing uses it for spying purposes.
The legislation, which is described as a move to “protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications, is set for review by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday
“This is my message to TikTok: break up with the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to your American users,” said Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, a co-sponsor of the…
