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Just a few days before TikTok CEO Zhou was funded to testify before the U.S. Congress, his company faced new pressure from the U.S. government.according towall street journalAccording to reports, the United States is currently “requiring” ByteDance to sell its shares in TikTok.sending toArchyde.comIn a statement, TikTok admitted that this was a major blow to them. After all, for the past two years or so, they have been trying to resolve this crisis that began under Trump. In order to alleviate the concerns of the US government, TikTok has reached a data protection cooperation with Oracle, but even so the voices questioning them have not stopped.
It is said that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has told TikTok that if Byte does not sell its shares, TikTok may face a national ban. Not long ago, both houses of Congress also proposed new bills targeting TikTok and other apps with potential national security threats. On the whole, the prospect of TikTok’s business in the United States can be said to be very worrying.