TikTok's U.S. Rupture - The Wire China

Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, March 13, 2024. *Credit: Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images*

TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance may soon face a stark choice in the United States — divest the wildly popular app or see it disappear from its biggest market. A bill that could force ByteDance’s hand swiftly passed the House last week, with bipartisan support, and will now be considered by the Senate. President Biden has already said he will sign the bill into law if it reaches his desk. On March 13, 2024, TikTok's official account posted a video of CEO Shou Zi Chew responding to the

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