TikTok sell or ban bill passes U.S. House despite Trump opposition

Beijing said a forced divesture from ByteDance will "come back to bite" U.S.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump previously sought to ban TikTok and has branded the app a national security threat. Now he opposes a ban and says that "there's a lot of good and there's a lot of bad with TikTok." (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters)

YIFAN YU, Nikkei staff writer

March 13, 2024 13:08 JST

Updated on March 14, 2024 00:08 JST

PALO ALTO, California -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would ban TikTok in the country unless its ties with Chinese parent company ByteDance are cut within six months.

Unlike the House committee vote last week that passed the bill unanimously, it faced some opposition from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Wednesday. The bill passed by a vote of 352 to 65, with one member voting present.