The House has now passed a bill that could ban TikTok. What happens next?

The US House of Representatives has voted to approve a bill that could ban TikTok from US app stores.

The bill – Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applicants Act – overwhelmingly surpassed the 2/3 majority needed when lawmakers cast their votes on Wednesday morning.

Authored by a bipartisan group of representatives, the bill would allow federal law enforcement agencies to label certain apps as national security threats if they are determined to be under the control of foreign adversaries.

If the bill becomes law, TikTok parent company ByteDance will have 180 days to sell 80 per cent of its stake to a US company or face the app being removed from American app stores. The FBI has previously warned that TikTok could spread harmful propaganda due to ByteDance’s alleged ties to the Chinese government.

So now the House has voted in favour of the bill what happens now?

Following a successful House vote, the bill will now go to the US Senate for a vote.

However, given the upper chamber’s Democratic majority, it is unclear whether the bill will survive this next step. However, some Republican Senators have already expressed their support. Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, called for the chamber to take up the bill “immediately.”

If it does indeed pass the Senate, President Joe Biden has already told reporters he is committed to signing the bill into law.

Despite overwhelming support for the bill among the House, it has also faced opposition from both parties.

Representative Jim Himes, a Democrat and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, voted against the bill.

“I have more insight than most into the online threats posed by our adversaries,” Mr Himes said in a statement. “But