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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.S. State Department Weighs in on Potential Ban on TikTok [Watch (HLS stream): U.S. State Department Weighs in on Potential Ban on TikTok](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/37ZG6zBZ.m3u8) (1:26)  _Published 2024-04-26. On Wednesday, Joe Biden signed into law a bill that could lead to TikTok being banned in the U.S. if ByteDance, the app’s Chinese-owned parent company, does not sell it within a year. Lawmakers are increasingly worried that the app could pose national security concerns to the U.S. if the Chinese government were to access data collected by the app._ --- Apr 29, 2024 2:11 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [TikTok CEO Responds to U.S. House Passing Ban Bill](/video/Lhotb2gl/) ### TikTok CEO Responds to U.S. House Passing Ban Bill [Why the U.S. and Other Countries Want to Ban or Restrict TikTok](/video/WP36pHCT/) ### Why the U.S. and Other Countries Want to Ban or Restrict TikTok [China Opposes U.S. Ban on ByteDance and Tencent](/video/8epLM4Jr/) ### China Opposes U.S. Ban on ByteDance and Tencent --- ## Transcript We've been clear about the substance of our national security concerns and I I just want to reiterate this is not about the American people using Tik-Tok. It is about ownership of Tik Tok by the People's Republic of China. And that is why we agreed with this call for divestment because it's clear that we have to ensure that the data the privacy of the American people is not owned by an adversarial actor that could potentially use it against us but look behavior and actions like this from the PRC on have always been part of our conversations and in our ongoing relationship with them and I have no doubt that these things will continue to come up. This has been a long-standing cuz I'm pretty sure you saw the president came out almost a very quickly after this this provision was first introduced basically saying that he would sign this should it pass which is a good Our view is that there are some clear Runway here on what Tik-Tok is a should be able to do it provides or 270 days for a qualified investment with a potential extension for another 90 as a relates to the prc's claims that they wouldn't allow something like this to happen. 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