nevertheless, the legislation should head to the senate next. its fate there is uncertain. following the house vote, tiktok urged its 150 million users in the us to lobby against the bill by calling on them to contact their members of congress. tiktok influencers also protested against the bill outside the white house. here s what they told our correspodnent. iam aware i am aware that i m giving my day dark, i m aware, i m 0k day dark, i m aware, i m ok with it, let me make that decision, you need to make that for me. ., v decision, you need to make that for me. . , , ., ., for me. that s right stand. to be uuite for me. that s right stand. to be quite honest, for me. that s right stand. to be quite honest, everything l for me. that s right stand. to | be quite honest, everything on the internet as a security risk and the internet as a security risk and so, the internet as a security risk and so, this may be have aberrant and so, this may be have aberrant company
backfire. it follows a vote in the us house of representatives which passed a bill that would require the tiktok owner bytedance to sell its stake in the social media platform. during the debate, lawmakers repeatedly said that tiktok has links to the chinese communist party something denied by both tiktok and bytedance. the chief executive of tiktok posted this on the social media platform a short time ago. us lawmakers were debating whether the pastor bill, they had repeatedly said that tiktok has links to the chinese communist party, something denied by both tiktok and bytedance. denied by both tiktok and bytedance- denied by both tiktok and bytedance. denied by both tiktok and b edance. ., , ., bytedance. our intention is for tiktok to continue bytedance. our intention is for tiktok to continue to bytedance. our intention is for tiktok to continue to operate l tiktok to continue to operate but not under the control of the chinese communist party. i the chinese commu
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