The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed a bill targeting the app last week.
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — TikTok’s future in the U.S. will be challenged on Wednesday.
U.S. House members are voting on a bill that gives TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, an ultimatum: sell the app within six months, or TikTok will be banned nationwide.
This comes after the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed a bill targeting the app last Thursday.
Cyber security experts say their concern with the Chinese company includes the possibility of the Chinese government spying and data breaches.
“We don’t have any control of what information they collect or what information they use,” said Angel Karns, a former professor of cyber security at Penn State. “They could be installing back doors to your bank accounts to your credit cards and just waiting for the right moment to mess with all that.”
Experts say social media companies here …