Will China’s TikTok be banned in America?

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest its U.S. assets of the platform, or face an American ban.
Reuters reports:
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U.S. officials warn TikTok’s management is beholden to the Chinese government. For example, China could use the social media app to influence the 2024 U.S. elections, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing this week.
The Department of Justice recently warned lawmakers that because ByteDance is headquartered in Beijing, TikTok’s American users are at risk because “foreign governments like the PRC (China) that are known for their surveillance and censorship.”
Officials in both [major] political parties have raised red flags about TikTok along with other issues ranging from connected vehicles to advanced artificial intelligence chips to cranes at U.S. ports.
If passed by the Senate in its current form and signed into law… it is unclear whether China would approve any sale or if TikTok’s U.S. assets could be divested in six months.
If ByteDance failed to do so, app stores operated by Apple, Alphabet’s Google, and others could not legally offer TikTok or provide web hosting services to ByteDance-controlled applications.
In theory the ban would make it difficult, if not impossible, for users to access TikTok in the U.S.

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MacDailyNews Take: This thing has a long way to go and many millions in pro-TikTok lobbying dollars facing it in the Senate.
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