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President Biden to Ban TikTok in the United States
TikTok Faces a Year-End Deadline to Sell or Face Removal
House Legislation Passes, Renewing Threat to Popular Social Media Platform
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Joe Biden has signed legislation into law that effectively bans TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned social media application, unless it is sold within a year. The move follows growing concerns about the app's data security and potential ties to the Chinese government.
The new law, passed by the House of Representatives, gives TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, nine months to divest its ownership of the app. If ByteDance fails to do so, TikTok will be prohibited from operating in the United States.
"This legislation addresses the serious national security concerns posed by TikTok," said President Biden in a statement. "We cannot allow our national security to be compromised by a foreign adversary."
TikTok has vehemently denied any wrongdoing and has vowed to fight the ban. The company argues that it operates independently of the Chinese government and stores the data of its US users in servers located in the United States.
The ban on TikTok has sparked controversy, with some critics arguing that it is an overreach of government power. Others, however, have welcomed the move, citing concerns about the app's privacy and security practices.
The fate of TikTok in the United States remains uncertain. The company has filed a lawsuit challenging the ban, and it is expected to be years before the legal battle is resolved.
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