The American House of Representatives will again examine on Saturday a bill which provides for the ban on TikTok in the United States if the social network does not cut ties with its parent company ByteDance, and more broadly with China.
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The measure is included in a series of texts supposed to release funds for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine – which could facilitate its passage in both houses of Congress.
The proposed law would force ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to sell the app within months or it would be barred from Apple and Google’s app stores in the United States.
It would also give the US president the power to designate other apps as a threat to national security if they are controlled by a country considered hostile to the United States.
TikTok has been in the crosshairs of American authorities for several months, with many officials believing that the short and entertaining video platform allows Beijing to spy on and manipulate its 170 million users in the United States.
Joe Biden reiterated his “concern” about TikTok during an exchange with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in early April.
The House of Representatives had already adopted a text in mid-March providing for the ban on the application, but the text has since remained in parliamentary limbo.
