The US government is demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell the social media platform, or risk facing a ban.
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Washington’s gangster-like attempts to take over the social media app reveal an inability to tolerate competition
The move is in line with what the US, Canada, and the EU are doing, according to an official statement
Washington is demanding that the app’s Chinese owners sell their stake, company representatives have said
The demand hardens the White House’s stance toward the popular video app, which is owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance.
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The Chinese-owned video-sharing app also said it had 125 million monthly active users in the EU
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A separate bipartisan bill that was introduced in Congress on Dec. 13 would ban the TikTok app for everyone in the United States. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
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