The House is gearing up for a Wednesday vote on legislation that could lead to a ban on one of the most widely used apps in the world, with an estimated 170 million users in the United States alone.
Participants hold signs in support of TikTok at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2024, in Washington, D.C. House Democrats and TikTok creators and business owners held the news conference to express concerns over House GOP legislation that would force the owners of the popular Chinese social media app to sell the platform or face a ban in the U.S.Participants hold signs in support of TikTok at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2024, in Washington, D.
With a million followers on TikTok, Estenson said she's worried about the potential U.S. ban, calling the site her"lifeline." Other TikTokers use their platform as a means of giving back. William McCoy, who goes by Izzy White, is a former drug dealer and ex-felon from Baltimore. He said he uses his platform to help homeless people in his community.
Lawmakers from both parties have thrown their support behind a bill that would force TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest the app within six months of the law's enactment or face a nationwide ban.But Jameel Jaffer, a civil liberties attorney at Columbia University, said a ban is not the remedy to this particular issue.
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