US House clears bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

US House clears bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

FILE PHOTO: EU flag and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken, June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest its US assets of the short-video app, or face a ban, in the greatest threat to the app since the Trump administration.