Clearly JinZ uses it the most, but there are a lot of people who are hooked on Tik-Tok.

Like that grandmother who like talked about planning her funeral?

What?

She's in her 90s, she's like, I'm going to the cemetery to pick out a plot today like blah blah blah like a should I get buried next to my ex-husband I have a new boyfriend and I'm kind of into him like it's crazy

It's Jen Z like Neilism laundered through a 90 year old. Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast I'm Gailin Druk and welcome to the great Tik-Tok debate. Yes, there was a simpler time when

Tik-Dok debate meant asking whether it's a good idea to brush your teeth with a bottle of

Jack Daniels, but I'm afraid those days are over.

Last week, the House passed a bill that if enacted, would force the Chinese company

Bite Dance to divest from its American operation of the social media app

Tic-Toc. If bite dance doesn't find a buyer under this bill within six months

app stores and service providers would be barred from hosting the app in the US until it divests.

Some have described this as a de facto ban, and while Tik-Tok is the only app named in the bill, it could apply to similar apps owned by foreign adversaries.

The stated concern is twofold, that China could use the app to collect information on Americans, and meddle with the information we are consuming.

The bill passed the House overwhelmingly 352 to 65 after a classified briefing from the Department of Justice.

The DOJ similarly briefed the Senate on Wednesday this week,

and it's not clear whether the bill will pass the Senate,

but if it does, President Biden has said he will sign it.

Both parties have become increasingly skeptical of big tech and social media

and have gotten more concerned about China and the threats it might pose to national security.

But does this justify a possible de facto Tik-Toc ban?

After all, 150 million Americans use the app.

A lot of them love it.

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