House passes bill that could ban TikTok. Here’s what happens next.

The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would require TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell it within 180 days or risk TikTok being banned from U.S. app stores and web hosting services. The concern from lawmakers stems from ByteDance’s connection with the Chinese government, which could reportedly demand access to U.S. TikTok users’ data. TikTok has around 170 million monthly users in the U.S. alone. “This process was secret, and the bill was jammed through for one reason: It’s a ban,” a TikTok spokesperson told Yahoo News. “We are hopeful that the Senate will consider the facts, listen…