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US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide
The bill would force the Chinese-owned app to sever ties with China or become unavailable in the US.
He said a ban, which the House bill would impose if the service’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, didn’t sell TikTok, would boost other social media sites including Facebook, which he blames for contributing to his 2020 presidential re-election defeat. Trump may also be sensitive to the fact that millions of young Americans enjoy TikTok.His continued backing of a ban could anger them as he is campaigning for another White House term. A prominent Republican donor, Jeff Yass, is also a major investor in ByteDance and reportedly lobbied the former president to reconsider his previous position on TikTok.
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