The proposed legislation would mandate TikTok to separate from its parent company ByteDance, or else face a ban in the United States.

The proposed legislation would mandate TikTok to separate from its parent company ByteDance, or else face a ban in the United States.

Benjamin Hughes
</p> <p>The proposed legislation would mandate that TikTok separate from its parent company, ByteDance, in order to avoid being banned in the United States – according to a report by CBS News.

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A new bill proposed in the House, with support from both parties, aims to address national security worries by requiring popular social media platform TikTok to separate from its parent company ByteDance, or risk being banned from U.S. app stores. Scott MacFarlane provides further information.

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