Security News > 2024 > March > US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan

The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act - a law aimed at forcing TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app's US operations or face the prospect of a ban.

The bill names only TikTok as a "Foreign adversary controlled application" and prohibits "Providing services to distribute, maintain, or update" the app - including by offering it for sale in an app store.

The impact of a ban on TikTokkers who make a living on the platform is another - an argument TikTok has fostered and supported.

Trump, who tried kicking TikTok out of the US, says boo to latest ban effort US politicians want ByteDance to sell off TikTok or face ban Two days into the Digital Services Act, EU wields it to deepen TikTok probe Australian Tax Office probed 150 staff over social media refund scam.

Banning TikTok in the US would therefore homogenize Sino-American online regulation.

Selling TikTok US would also presumably expose ByteDance's tech to the app's new operator.

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