Technology

TikTok promises pushback as US ban beckons

US House of Representatives on Saturday put legislation requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest its ownership stake in the app

TikTok is at risk of losing its most lucrative market after years of struggling to assure the US government that its popular social media app isn’t a threat to national security

Video shapping app TikTok has told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app is signed into law, as one of the world’s most valuable technology businesses tries to fend off an existential crisis in its most important market.

“This is an unprecedented deal worked out between the Republican speaker andPresident Biden,” Michael Beckerman, TikTok’s head of public policy for the Americas, said ...