Rubio's call comes after China bought a stake in TikTok's parent company's Beijing branch, and mirrors the Trump White House's previous attempt.
Sen. Marco Rubio urged President Biden to block TikTok in the United States on Tuesday.
The call to action comes after news surfaced that the Chinese Communist Party bought a stake in its parent company's Beijing subsidiary, as well as took one of three seats on the board of directors."must take immediate action to remove Bytedance and TikTok from the equation" and cited India having already banned the app in 2020 as an example to follow.
Representatives for Bytedance TikTok, and the White House did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.first reported Monday that China-owned companies bought a 1% stake in Beijing Bytedance Technology Co. Ltd., an entity that maintains business licenses pertaining to the company's litany of apps, like the TikTok-like Douyin.
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