The bill to ban Tik Tok in America was also approved by the Senate

Washington: The US Congress has approved the legislation needed to ban TalkTalk or divest from Chinese company ByteDance, and the bill will be sent to President Joe Biden for signature after approval.

According to the report of the foreign news agency AFP, the aforementioned legislation of the Congress is part of the 95 billion dollar military aid package given by the United States to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, which was also approved by the Congress after the House of Representatives. And with the signature of the President, formal legal form will be taken.

The bill to ban TikTok in the US passed the Senate with a clear majority of 79 members to 18 and President Joe Biden has already said that he will sign the bill immediately.

The bill requires ByteDance to sell the app within a year or be removed from the Apple and Google App Stores in the US.

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President Joe Biden expressed his concerns regarding Tik Tok in a telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month.

TikTok has been the subject of controversy for years among US officials, who believe Beijing uses it to conduct secret surveillance in the US, but a ban could lead to legal problems.

In a statement on Saturday’s vote in the House of Representatives, TikTok said it was “unfortunate that the bill would ban the app, restricting the freedom of expression of 17 million Americans, and 7 million businesses.” , and the US economy will lose $24 billion in capital on an annual basis.

On the other hand, Steven Mnuchin, who served as Treasury Secretary with former President Donald Trump, has said that he was interested in buying TikTok and had lined up a group of investors.

On the other hand, Elon Musk, the owner of the social networking website X, gave a statement against the ban on Tik Tok, saying that doing so would be against freedom of expression.