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US lawmakers will hold a committee hearing on a new bill that proposes to ban TikTok if the Chinese company behind the app doesn’t sell it to someone else.

Congressmen Mike Gallagher, a Republican, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat, backed by a dozen other politicians, introduced the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act earlier this week.

The legislation would give ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, an ultimatum: either sell to a non-Chinese entity within 165 days or it will be prohibited from app stores and web hosting until the company complies.

ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company with headquarters in Beijing. This law accuses the company of being backed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

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US lawmakers will hold a committee hearing on a new bill that proposes to ban TikTok if the Chinese company behind the app doesn’t sell it to someone else.

Congressmen Mike Gallagher, a Republican, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat, backed by a dozen other politicians, introduced the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act earlier this week.

The legislation would give ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, an ultimatum: either sell to a non-Chinese entity within 165 days or it will be prohibited from app stores and web hosting until the company complies.

ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company with…