Almost four years after India's digital surgical strike on China, the United States (US) has finally opened its eyes to the threat of Chinese apps. Talking about Chinese Apps, TikTok is yet again in the limelight as the House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. It means the TikTok Ban in the US is dangling and the Chinese app is open to embrace the legal option to fight the latest crackdown on the app. However, it is also a fact that TikTok is now deeply rooted in the US and as per reports, 170 million US users are currently active on it. As a result, many Americans are protesting against the US TikTok Ban, and sensing the resistance, China has also fired a statement targeting Washington. It is pertinent to mention here that the US TikTok Ban is yet to be enforced and there are conditions that have been proposed to the Chinese App if they want to keep running their business in the United States. Below is everything you need to know-
What are the conditions set for TikTok?
As mentioned above, the bill passed by the House of Representatives asks TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. To be precise, the company's Chinese owner 'ByteDance' has been given the option of divesting its assets in the US within the next six months if it wants to avoid the ban. The Bill however faces a somewhat more uncertain path in the Senate — where some favor a different approach to regulating foreign-owned apps posing security concerns.
