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US LAWMAKERS SAY TIKTOK WON’T BE BANNED IF IT FINDS A NEW OWNER. BUT THAT’S EASIER SAID THAN DONE

U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but also say they are giving its Chinese parent company a chance to keep it running.

The premise of a bipartisan bill headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives is that TikTok fans in the U.S. can keep scrolling through their favorite social media app so long as Beijing-based ByteDance gives up on owning it.

“It doesn’t have to. It’s their choice.”

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