Push for TikTok to be ‘sold’ or ‘closed down’ in America

Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says the United States House of Representatives has effectively said TikTok would either need to be “sold or somehow busted up or closed down” in America. Mr Greenwood said in Australia, the Attorney General banned TikTok from all “public servants phones, mobiles and computers”. “The US has gone one step further, and now the House of Representatives effectively says that TikTok in America would either have to be sold or somehow busted up or closed down,” Mr Greenwood told Sky News Australia. “It’s got to go through the Senate in America, and maybe they’ll take a more moderate approach towards TikTok. “It just goes to show how sensitive all of the data that’s been accumulated by what is said to be a Chinese-owned and controlled social media site. “The reality is that there’s so much more – it’s not just what they have, it’s what could be altered in the event of a significant conflict that people would be most concerned about here.”