Joe Biden supports bill to ban Tiktok in the USA

The content of the bill will mention app time. "Controlled by foreign adversaries" such as TikTok are given six months to cut ties with such foreign adversaries. or face heavy fines and may have to shut down completely. The Act Protecting Americans from Applications Controlled by Foreign Adversaries was named TikTok and its parent company ByteDance clearly

and states that "it would be unlawful for an entity to distribute, maintain, or update" the app unless ByteDance liquidates TikTok within 180 days. Failure to comply could result in "civil penalties" of up to $5,000 per person. Taken in the US, where TikTok claims to have as many as 170 million such users, fines could theoretically be as high as $850 billion.

The situation continues to escalate. When talking about the draft law on Friday President Biden told reporters: “If they pass, I will sign it,” indicating the president's support for bipartisan legislation. Although the draft law is still in its early stages, But it passed a unanimous 50-0 preliminary vote from the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday.

In addition, last Thursday The app has also sent push notifications to millions of users in the US. By calling upon them to “Stop the TikTok shutdown” by reaching out to their political representatives. Such notifications encourage users The bill is scheduled to go to the House of Representatives this week. But it will need two-thirds approval to pass.