Putting TikTok ‘out of business’ in the US will have a ‘global impact’

NPR Technology Correspondent Bobby Allyn warns putting TikTok “out of business” in the United States would have a global impact. “America is TikTok’s largest market, and putting it out of business here would have a global impact,” he told Sky News Australia. “Squelching that enormous user base ... would send a wave across all of social media. “To shut down TikTok, you’re going to cut off the pipeline from TikTok to Instagram.” Mr Allyn’s remarks come as a bill that could ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell its controlling stake within six months has passed the US House of Representatives and will now head to the Senate.