House passes bill that could ban TikTok in US WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

The House on Wednesday passed legislation that could force the Chinese parent company of popular social media platform TikTok to sell the app or be banned in the U.S.

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Lawmakers voted 352-65 in favor of the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass through the House and move on to the Senate.

If the bill becomes law, it would require any company deemed by the president of the United States to be a “foreign adversary” to divest within 180 days, or be banned from app stores and web hosting services, The Washington Post reported.

TikTok slammed the vote and the process leading up to it in a statement released on social media.

“This process was secret and the bill was jammed through for one reason: it’s a ban,” officials with the ByteDance-owned app said. “We are hopeful that the Senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituents, and realize the impact on the …