Chinese-owned ByteDance will be forced to sell TikTok to a US company or face a nationwide ban.
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A ban would be "devastating" for her, she said, because years of her work would be "deleted forever."
AdvertisementA TikTok spokesperson told BI in March that the legislation has a "predetermined outcome," which is a total ban of TikTok in the US.
Editor's note, April 23, 2024: This article has been updated to reflect the House of Representatives vote, which passed a bill to ban TikTok in the US.
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—, TikTok, Leo LonDini, LonDini, Brett Jansen
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Service, Google, Epic Games, Universal Group, Warner Music Group, Spotify, Tesla
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China