Wow, that was fast. After a House subcommittee agreed to a bill that would force TikTok to be sold or banned in the United States, the House itself voted in favor of it, despite dozens of votes against it. It will now move to the Senate, where it has already attracted some notable supporters. However, TikTok users are not sitting on their hands about the changing political winds and their effects.
TechCrunch spoke to several TikTok users who are outraged by TikTok's potential ban and are fighting back. Ultimately, many small businesses will be affected by this move.
But while talk of a possible ban has been all over the press, what about the possibility of TikTok simply being sold by its parent company, ByteDance? That would solve the US government's problems, right? Now, the Chinese government is making noises about allowing such sales in the future. So while this bill may have two tracks for TikTok, it may actually be a single-issue law.
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