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WASHINGTON — On Saturday, the House passed a bill that could possibly lead to the popular ban of the social media app, TikTok.
The 21st Century Peace through Strength Act was passed by the House with a bipartisan vote of 360-58, according to CNN.
The bill includes national security priorities that include Iran sanctions, seizure of Russian sovereign assets that have been frozen and a possible ban of TikTok nationwide, according to CNN.
The measure for TikTok specifies that if the China-based owner ByteDance Ltd. does not sell its stake in a year, then the social media platform will be banned nationwide in app stores, The Associated Press reported.
Members of the Republican and Democratic parties have been worried that Chinese authorities could possibly force ByteDance to provide them with user data from Americans and well as suppress/boost content that they find more favorable, the APreported. TikTok has said that it …
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