TikTok ban bill moves forward in U.S., with House to vote next week

Video app urges users to tell Congress to vote down the measure

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TikTok says a U.S. ban would hurt millions of businesses and artists, while a lawmaker accuses the Chinese Communist Party of trying to "manipulate the American people." © Reuters

YIFAN YU, Nikkei staff writer

PALO ALTO, U.S.-- U.S. lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would ban TikTok in the country unless it cuts ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance within six months.

In an attempt to rally support, the short video app sent out notifications to its U.S. users, urging them to call their representatives to stop "a total ban" of the platform.

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