Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?


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The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. The Senate passed it less than a week later. Joe Biden signed it a day after the Senate voted yes. TikTok is facing its biggest existential threat yet in the US. The app was banned in Montana last year, but courts found that prohibition unconstitutional, and it never went into effect. Here’s what you need to know about the bill, how likely TikTok is to be banned, and what that means for...