US House Passes Bill That Could Ban TikTok: Here’s What Happens Next


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US House Passes Bill That Could Ban TikTok: Here's What Happens Next Today, the United States House of Representatives passed Bill H.R.7521, also called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The "foreign adversary controlled application" in question was TikTok, which is developed by ByteDance, a Chinese company. To quote the U.S. House of Representative's website, "This bill prohibits distributing, maintaining, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application." Such a bill would essentially ban TikTok from being downloaded in the United States, and prevent ByteDance from keeping the app updated and running. However, there...