US Senate passes bill to ban Tik Tok
The bill passed by the US Senate along with aid packages to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. If ByteDance does not sell its stake the app will be blocked in the US
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The US Senate passed a controversial bill that could see TikTok banned in America.
The Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance, is given nine months to sell its stake, otherwise the app will be blocked in the US.
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The bill will now be sent to US President Joe Biden, who has stated that he will turn it into law as soon as it reaches his desk.
ByteDance told the BBC that it had no immediate response to the move. The company had previously stated that it would oppose any attempt to force it to sell TikTok.
If the US succeeded in forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok, any deal would still need the approval of Chinese officials, but Beijing has promised to oppose any such move. Analysts say the process could take years.
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