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Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder Citing major national security concerns, the U.S. House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that effectively bans TikTok unless the company splits from its Chinese owner ByteDance. The 352-65 vote occurred just a week after lawmakers introduced the bipartisan proposal and days after the powerful House Committee …

Jimmy Willimas The House Energy and Commerce Committee has given unanimous approval to a bill requiring ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to divest the app or face a ban in the U.S. The “Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” addresses national security concerns regarding potential access …