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TikTok's owners would rather the app be shut down in the US than ever sell it.

The US Senate has passed legislation mandating TikTok's parent firm, ByteDance, to sell the platform within a year or face a nationwide ban from US app stores.

US is latest to push forward with ban of China-owned app

(CTN News) - Having passed the Senate, Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that requires TikTok's Chinese owner to sell its US operations or face a ban.

TikTok claims a new US law, which requires owner ByteDance to divest it in nine months or a country-wide block, is unconstitutional.

The White House says it wants a divestment of TikTok, not a ban, but the challenges of unbundling it from its China-based parent ByteDance could make one inevitable.

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Soulja Boy has expressed his interest in purchasing popular social media app TikTok following legislation being passed that could ban the platform.

The government hurried up and made sure to get something done quickly for once! It just happened to be the banning of TikTok.