House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok | CNN Business
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House lawmakers voted to advance a bill that would ban TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform’s parent, ByteDance, divests the company.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12876226

The measure that sailed unanimously through the House Energy and Commerce Committee would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform — used by roughly 170 million Americans — is quickly spun off from its China-linked parent company, ByteDance.

US officials have cited the widespread commercial availability of US citizens’ data as another source of national security risk. The US government and other domestic law enforcement agencies are also known to have purchased US citizens’ data from commercial data brokers.

  • Teknikal@lemm.eeEnglish
    22·
    4 months ago

    Could see it effecting Ios devices but even then people will just use a browser. Not really going to effect pc and Android users will likely just sideload.

    So not really sure this would have any effect as it stands.

    • lorkano@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Honestly it could affect it. People might just start using YouTube shorts or Instagram reels, they are not much worse than TikTok already