U.S. tells TikTok owners to sell app or face a ban

News Summary

  • The other side: TikTok's critics say that Chinese laws require Chinese-owned companies to share data with the Chinese government and argue that as long as the company is controlled by Chinese owners, the U.S. can't be certain American users' data is safe.
  • Illustration: Natalie Peeples/AxiosThe Biden Administration has warned TikTok that it faces a ban in the U.S. if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, does not sell its stake in the U.S. version of the app, a source confirmed to Axios.
  • How we got here: The Trump Administration threatened to ban TikTok in 2020 if it didn't sell to a U.S. company, citing national security concerns.
The Biden Administration has warned TikTok that it faces a ban in the U.S. if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, does not sell its stake in the U.S. version of the app, a source confirmed to Axio [+3889 chars]