After House votes for possible TikTok ban in US, app not expected to go away anytime soon

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Experts are saying despite this weekend’s vote in the House to ban it, don’t expect Tiktok to go away any time soon.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. House Republicans included TikTok as part of a foreign aid package that was a priority for President Biden and had broad congressional support for Ukraine and Israel. Adding the TikTok measure meant that The bill passed on Saturday now goes to the Senate.

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VERBATIM: The House has passed legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year. Approval of the bill means it will be fast-tracked after an earlier version had stalled in the Senate. Both Democrats and Republicans have voiced national security concerns about the app’s owner, the Chinese technology firm ByteDance Limited.