If TikTok doesn't sell its US app, the app will be banned in the US, the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday, with all sorts of implications for both users and creators.
The REAL reason the US government wants to ban TikTok
While the bill still needs to pass the Senate, President Biden has already said he will sign it if it passes. But will the U.S. government really ban TikTok? Or is this a power grab aimed at forcing Chinese owner ByteDance to relinquish its overseas influence over millions of American citizens?
“The goal is to shut down TikTok as a Chinese Trojan horse. This vision says that TikTok provides a home for short-form video and entertainment for millions, but uses the device running the app to harvest personal information for the Chinese government,” Gregg Scott, a principal technical account manager at Redhat and an author, told Lifewire via email.
According to this view, TikTok faces a two-pronged threat. Both dangers stem directly from the fact that it is a Chinese service and is run by China.
