US gets tougher on TikTok

The Chinese mobile application TikTok records more than two billion downloads to smartphones and tablets. It is popular mainly because of the multitude of short videos that users can quickly and easily publish, add effects and various digital filters.

American politicians have not been overly enthusiastic about the TikTok social network for quite some time now. These are indeedč They are convinced that TikTok illegally collects personal data of American users. That is why the US Senate voted against the use of the application on government devices a while ago. This is the reason why American officials are not allowed to do more for quite some time. have TikTok installed on their work phones or tablets.

But the United States of America is not satisfied with this yet. It is under preparation, namelyč a new legislative proposal that could potentially make it more difficult for ByteDance to do business on American soil. If the new legislation is adopted, the company ByteDance will have to sell the American branch of the company TikTok within a certain period of time. 

If the company ByteDance fails to sell the American branch on time, a ban on American soil should follow. The popular social network would thus no longer be accessible to as many as 170 million Americans who are actively using TikTok today. The punishment should also befall the platforms that will not remove the controversial application from their set. More The ban on TikTok is expected to be announced soon.