US House votes to crack down on TikTok

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner Byte Dance about six months to divest the short-video application used by about 170 million Americans or face a ban.

The vote comes just over a week since the bill was proposed and after one public hearing with little debate. The House Energy and Commerce Committee last week voted 50-0 in favor of the bill, setting it up for a vote before the full House.