Senators hope TikTok will remain in business in US under new owner

24/4/2024 6:23

        Two U.S. senators said they hope TikTok will remain in business in the U.S. under a new owner as the chamber prepared to vote on Tuesday on legislation
        requiring Chinese owner ByteDance to divest the popular short video app's U.S. assets.
        
        Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner, a Democrat, said lawmakers recognized that the short video app is used by 170 million Americans, especially young people.
        
        "To those young Americans, I want to say, we hear your concern and we hope that TikTok will continue under new ownership -- American or otherwise... from Britain, Canada, Brazil France. It just needs to be no longer controlled by an adversary."
        
        Driven by concerns that China could access Americans' data or surveil them with the app, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on Saturday that would give ByteDance nine months to divest TikTok with a possible three-month extension.
        
        If the legislation is approved by the Senate, President Joe Biden has said he would sign it into law. The company has said it would challenge the order in court.