In the yearslong technology fight between the U.S. and China, the Americans are poised to land a major punch.
The House on Saturday easily passed a bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok, which is owned by China–based ByteDance, bringing closer to reality a law that could remove the popular app and deepen the internet divide between the two countries.
The measure, which passed 360-58 and was tied to a sweeping aid package for Israel and Ukraine, would give ByteDance up to a year to sell the app — compared with the six-month period proposed in a prior bill.
If ByteDance can’t find a buyer within that time, TikTok — which has 170 million users in the U.S. — would be banned.
The Senate could vote on the bill in coming days. President Biden has previously said that he would sign such a bill into law.
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