TikTok could be banned in US after House vote
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that would force ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to sell the popular social media app — or face a potential ban.
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00:00 "Keep TikTok! Keep TikTok! Keep TikTok!"
00:04 "On this vote, the yeas are 352, the nays are 65.
00:09 Two-thirds being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed,
00:13 and without the objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table."
00:26 "This bill therefore forces TikTok to break up with the Chinese Communist Party."
00:31 "This is a Pandora's box. What's to stop Congress or the United States government in the future
00:42 from forcing the sale of another social media company
00:45 claiming that it's protecting Americans' data from foreign adversaries?"
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