TikTok Sell-or-Ban Push to Slow as Bill Hits Senate Tumult
- Even before House passage, TikTok’s lobbying turned to Senate
- Lawmakers have trouble delivering on vows to rein in tech
WATCH: The House passed a bill to ban TikTok in the US unless its Chinese owner sells the video-sharing app. Alex Barinka reports.
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The fate of an app used by 170 million Americans is now in the hands of 100 senators.
Even before the House passed a measure, 352 to 65, on Wednesday to ban TikTok unless its Chinese owner divests it, the short-video app had turned its lobbying efforts to the Senate, where many a previous legislative juggernaut has gone to die.