One GOP senator says that as long as the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, owns the platform, it should not be allowed to operate within the

TikTok went down for millions of US users just before a ban of the app took effect across the country. Quick recap: In April of last year, the US Senate passed a bill stating that TikTok would be banned across the country due to national security concerns — unless the Chinese company ByteDance sold its stake in the app.