Sale of TikTok Is an Impossibly Thin Needle to Thread

Bidding for a carveout of TikTok’s US operations would undoubtedly begin in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) (L) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) (R) talk with reporters after the House vote on legislation that they co-sponsored that could ban TikTok at the U.S. Capitol on March 13, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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The U.S. House of Representatives on March 13 voted overwhelmingly to ban the popular China-owned social media app TikTok if the company is not divested.