The US House of Representatives voted to pass another bill that could ban the use of TikTok in the country. The bill heads to the US Senate who could vote on it sometime next week.
Earlier this year, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that might have banned the use of TikTok in the country. That bill ended up languishing in the US Senate. However, the US House voted today to approve another bill that will have the same effect if signed into law.
CNN reports that the US House voted 360-58 in favor of the bill. This version, if made into law, would require that the China-based parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, to sell off its interest in the social media service within 270 days. The previous bill would have required the sell-off to happen within six months.
In addition, the new bill gives US President Joe Biden the right to add a 90-day extension for the sell-off to happen, if he determines there’s been progress in reaching such a deal. If such a sale does not happen, the TikTok app could be banned from US app stores.
