President Joe Biden has joined the rampages that may turn the trending and widely used app TikTok, which owns more than 100 million users per day, obsolete. This effort began as the anxiety in the Capital over China investing treasure in US markets grew. The bill in the US Congress, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce where it gained unanimous approval earlier today, targets TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, and gives it a choice to divest its ownership of the app or face a ban in the United States.

President's Stance

During this period, the president posted a lidding saying that "if they pass it, I'll sign it". The White House had provided technical assistance in matters of drafting this law but white house press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre showed that the bill still needed more improvement to receive a signature from President Joseph R. Biden.

The bill which is being advocated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and has gained a vote of confidence from across the political divide. It is directed to handle security-related matters, including concerns about Afghanistan where the information about the users of TikTok could be passed to the government of China. The FBI and the FCC are on the negative side of the TikTok issue, while the latter has already provided counterarguments. Thus, TikTok has safe conversational discussions with users.

Potential Ban's Ramifications

What is proposed is a bill that greatly reduces the availability of Tiktok and other apps from ByteDance in the app stores of Apple or Google, and also blocks them from web hosting. The bill takes from two ends in its approach providing a period of 180 days for ByteDance to divide Tiktok and other platforms within the U.S. or else be prohibited. The process is also facilitated by the executive

United States adults' opinion on banning TikTok globally is caught on the divide by 31% for the need while 35% are retrained against the move. Younger TikTok users are not as concerned about the issues of data being shared with the Chinese government via TikTok in particular compared to the overall population.

Conclusion

As privacy and external threats including data security and foreign influences pile up, President Biden's proposal pointing to the possible prohibition of TikTok helps the government ensure that Americans can use social media freely. The final step will be the president's signature on the bill if it clears the Senate. Biden has shown signs of approval in signing off the bill, indicating yet another American shift in terms of regulating the concept of social media platforms that are associated with foreign entities.