TikTok to be banned in US? Know these 3 points

Beijing-based popular social media platform Tiktok is currently in a vulnerable state as the motion to ban it unfolds in the US House and subsequently at the Senate.

Will the US House pass the Tiktok ban motion?

The TikTok ban may safely pass at the House but it still stands in a precarious state at the Senate. If Chinese stakeholders do not sell the popular app Tiktok, there would be an impending ban on the app, US administrators had previously said, which is now being tried to move into motion, as per reports.

Intelligence agencies views on Tiktok

The federal agencies including FBI, Justice Department and National Intelligence may be soon briefing the US administrators and lawmakers on the risks and factors around the app which may help in the legislations to come forward.


Tiktok has over 170 million American users currently and all these accounts may get deactivated in the case of a ‘total ban’, as appealed by lawmakers in the US.

Donald Trump’s stand on Tiktok ban

Apparently, former US President Donald Trump had also advised on a ban on the Chinese app, owned by Bytedance, but had moved away from his position on this later on during his Presidential tenure. However, a few days before Trump advocated on behalf of the same app and mentioned that Facebook is a bigger danger to the US currently.

FAQs:

Q1. Which Chinese company owns Tiktok?
A1. ByteDance is the company that owns Tiktok, due to which US lawmakers are working on a ban on the app.

Q2. How many users of Tiktok are there in America?
A2. There are more than 170 million users of Tiktok in the United States and counting.