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TikTok, the booming social media app, could soon be banned across all electronic devices in the United States. The Energy and Commerce Committee of the House unanimously approved a bill that could end up banning TikTok in the US altogether. If the bill passes, it would make it illegal to offer TikTok in any app store on any device, stopping the over 170 million American TikTok users from accessing the application. This comes amid fears in the US government that China could be using the social media app for spying purposes, but TikTok CEO Shou Chew has strongly denied this. Due to these fears, the bill would also give TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, 5 months to sell the company before the ban takes place. If TikTok is sold to another parent company, the app will stay legal in the United States. The only way to save the app if that doesn't happen is to create a spinoff under another parent company. ByteDance has severely pushed back against this new bill, but it still has a long way to go before possibly going into action. The bill is now heading to a floor vote in the House, and it also has to make its way through the Senate, which is much harder. However, it has passed one of the numerous hurdles that it must face, and it will be tough for it to make it through the rest.
Fact of the Day: Some sea cucumbers literally fight with their guts. They sometimes eject part or all of their digestive systems when threatened, which are poisonous to predators like crabs and fish. However, the organs grow back in a matter of days.
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