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The former president softened his stance on TikTok this year despite calling the app a national security threat when he was in the White House.
The measure, which has bipartisan Senate support, gives TikTok's Chinese parent company one year to divest itself of the popular video platform or get blocked.
After the House passed a bill Wednesday to ban TikTok, the CEO said such a move would cause creators and small businesses to lose billions of dollars.
The former Trump aide is working with the conservative organization the Club for Growth to fight against bipartisan efforts that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S.
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The House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted unanimously to pass the bill, which the White House has also endorsed.
In a lawsuit, Katie Ellen Puris said corporate leaders believed that she "lacked the docility and meekness specifically required of female employees."
The restrictions are Beijing’s latest efforts to attempt to limit internet addiction, a problem it views as widespread among its youth.
The move is a major escalation amid national security concerns about the popular Chinese-owned social media app.
The Senate Intelligence Committee's letter to the Federal Trade Commission on TikTok comes after a BuzzFeed News report on TikTok user data access in China.
ByteDance on Sunday said it was unaware of President Trump's plan to use $5 billion from the company's sale to fund so-called "patriotic education" in the U.S.