Republicans overwhelmingly voted to ban TikTok against Donald Trump's advice to save the social media platform.
The vast majority of House Republicans voted in favor of legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States, despite previous opposition from former President Donald Trump.The House of Representatives voted 352-65 on legislation calling on ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to divest the application or face a possible ban in the U.S. Among Republicans, 15 voted no, as Trump urged, and 197 Republicans voted yes.
According to a press release from the House Select Committee on the CCP, the bill will also allow the president to designate certain applications as 'social media applications that are subject to the control of a foreign adversary—per Title 10—and pose a national security risk.'Under this designation, the applications will be banned from app stores in the U.S., unless they cut ties with the foreign adversary through divestment.
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