New Bill Threatens To Ban TikTok In The U.S. Unless Platform Divests Chinese Ownership [Video]

Citing national security concerns, congressional lawmakers are not giving up on their efforts to pressure ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to divest the popular social media platform in order for TikTok to continue operating in the U.S.

On Thursday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted unanimously, 50-0, on a new bipartisan bill, known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.The bill would block social media applications controlled by U.S. adversaries and deemed a national security threat to users from operating in the country, unless they sever their ties with their foreign owners. If the bill becomes law, it would force ByteDance to divest TikTok.

The bill also has the blessing of the White House.

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the chair of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Partyand one of the authors of the legislation, described TikTok as a threat to U.S. national security during a press conference …