A slim majority of Americans are in favor of a House bill that would ban TikTok if the platform isn't sold to a company without ties to the Chinese Communist Party, according to a Wednesday poll. (Fox News Digital)
Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed legislation requiring TikTok to divest itself of CCP control or face a ban in the U.S.
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The bill, led by House China Select Committee Chair Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and ranking member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., would block TikTok in the U.S. if its parent company, Bytedance, does not divest from it within 165 days of passage. It would also require it to be bought by a country that is not a U.S. adversary.
Rep. Chip Roy said the ferocity with which TikTok's defenders assaulted his team's telephones made him think "we called into an AA meeting."
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"TikTok fires everybody up and then our offices are getting called with thousands of people calling up. Some kid called in, said they were gonna commit suicide. We have people calling in saying, ‘I’m on this all day long, every day. You can’t take this away from me,’" Roy said at the time. "It’s like we called into an AA meeting."
The bill passed through the House with a widely bipartisan 352-65 vote.
Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
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