US House passes bill to ban TikTok

TikTok is also having a rough time in the European Union where the parliament on March 1 banned the app from staff devices over cybersecurity concerns, meaning the Chinese video-sharing app is now barred in all three of the EU’s leading institutions.

The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States, AFP has reported.

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