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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Kari Paul

BIZARRE: Is the us really preparing to ban tiktok - You Need To See This

Outdoors view of white TikTok logo on a company sign.
With a landslide of support in the House, it’s clear that TikTok is facing its biggest existential threat in the US. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. The Senate passed it less than a week later. Joe Biden signed it a day after the Senate voted yes.

TikTok is facing its biggest existential threat yet in the US. The app was banned in Montana last year, but courts found that prohibition unconstitutional, and it never went into effect.

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