4 years after Trump, why is US again taking aim at TikTok?

Mar 15, 2024 | 14:45 IST

A protest by supporters of TikTok at the Capitol, Washington, DC

America is concerned about the misuse of citizens’ data by Chinese apps. Now, its lower House has passed a bill asking the top Chinese app to find a new owner or quit

The grimly titled 'Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act' threatens to effectively shut down TikTok, the short video platform that has about 150 million users in the United States. But US lawmakers aren't convinced that its users' data is safe with the Chinese-founded app.

The lower House of the US legislature has, therefore, laid down that ownership of TikTok must change hands from its Beijing-based parent ByteDance if the platform is to continue to be available in US.

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4 years after Trump, why is US again taking aim at TikTok?

America is concerned about the misuse of citizens’ data by Chinese apps. Now, its lower House has passed a bill asking the top Chinese app to find a new owner or quit

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4 years after Trump, why is US again taking aim at TikTok?

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