In a major escalation, the Biden administration demands that Chinese-owned TikTok be sold — or possibly face a ban in the U.S.
The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold away from Beijing-based ByteDance, rejecting the company's plan before U.S. national security officials.The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold away from Beijing-based ByteDance, rejecting the company's plan before U.S. national security officials.The Biden administration is demanding that Chinese-owned TikTok be sold, or the popular video app could face a ban in the U.S., according to a TikTok spokesperson.
Whether federal officials have given TikTok a deadline to find a buyer remains unclear. Regardless, it is a major escalation by White House officials who have grown increasingly concerned about the safety of Americans' data on the app used by more than 100 million Americans. It is the first time the Biden administration has explicitly threatened to ban TikTok. President Trump attempted to put TikTok out of business, but the actions were halted by federal courts. The new demand from U.S. officials will almost certainly be met with a legal challenge from TikTok.
The company is"disappointed in the outcome," said the TikTok spokesperson, about the new demand from U.S. officials. For two years, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or CFIUS, has been examining whether U.S. data is properly safeguarded.would
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