US House of Representatives adopts text threatening TikTok with ban. outcome of the upcoming vote in the Senate, however, remains uncertain.
China has already denounced a campaign of “intimidation” against the app. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is in Washington, where he is trying to build support to block the bill. The bill would force ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to sell the app within 180 days or it would be barred from Apple and Google's app stores in the states.