TikTok raised free speech concerns on Sunday over a bill passed by the US House of Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in the US if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, did not sell its stake within one year.
The Chamber approved the project on Saturday (20) by a margin of 360 to 58. It now goes to the Senate, where it could be put to a vote in the coming days. President Joe Biden has already said he will sign the bill.
The move to include TikTok in a broader financial aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan could speed up the timeline for a possible ban after a previous separate bill stalled in the U.S. Senate.
“It is regrettable that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again pass a bill that would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans,” TikTok said in a statement.
Many US lawmakers from the Republican and Democratic parties and the Biden administration say TikTok poses national security risks because China could force the company to share the data of its 170 million US users.
TikTok insists it has never shared US data and never would.
Source: CNN Brasil
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