Tiktok decision from the US: Either it will be sold or banned

The U.S. Senate has approved a bill to block TikTok, a social media platform owned by Chinese giant ByteDance, which would either sell it within a year or ban it. The U.S. Senate has approved a bill to block TikTok, a social media platform owned by Chinese giant ByteDance, which would ban TikTok in the United States unless it is sold to someone the United States deems appropriate. The measure, which also includes aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, has won broad bipartisan approval from senators concerned about the app’s collection of data on more than 170 million American users and the potential for China to use it for propaganda purposes. President Joe Biden has said he will sign the measure into law. It passed the bill on Tuesday night by a vote of 79-18. The bill gives ByteDance about a year to sell TikTok before the app is banned, frustrating some lawmakers who are concerned that Beijing could use the app to interfere in elections. The company is already vowing to fight the legislation in court. The U.S. is a critical market for the social media behemoth, which has become one of the world’s fastest-growing tech giants.