Published: March 7th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

A group of US lawmakers introduced a bill on Tuesday that would give the Chinese company ByteDance six months to sell the popular short-video app TikTok. Otherwise, a ban in the app stores of US providers like Apple and Google could be imminent. The move comes amid concerns about national security. Critics believe, among other things, that ByteDance could be transferring user data to the People’s Republic of China.