From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisee, and this is the Daily.

American lawmakers have tried for years to ban the video app Tic-Toc

over concerns that its ties to China pose a national security risk.

Last week, they passed a law that might finally do it. Today, my

colleague, Subna Mahishwari, on the secret effort behind the law.

And what a ban would mean for the company's 170 million American users. It's Tuesday, April 30th.

It's Tuesday, April 30th. So stop now tell me about this law that just passed that potentially bans the social media

app Tik-Tok.

We've seen efforts in the past to reign in TikTok, but this

one really seems like the most substantial yet.

It's a huge deal. What this law really does is it puts the future of this hugely popular app with

170 million American users into question.

Tik-Tok has reshaped the way many people listen to music, it's changed the way we cook, it's made a whole different

kind of celebrity, but it's never been able to shake these concerns around the fact that it has really close ties to China.

It's owned by a Chinese company, Bight Dance, and lawmakers for years have been worried that the

Chinese government could somehow use

Dan Sen Tik-Toc to get information on Americans

or possibly spread propaganda.

President Trump tried to ban it in 2020, the state of Montana tried to ban this

app last year, Tik-Toc largely survived those challenges, but this time it could

actually be banned in the United States.

So let's talk about this.

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