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Action has been taken by a group of cross-party US lawmakers to introduce legislation against ByteDance which would force the company to divest its dominant social media platform TikTok or risk a ban in the United States.<\/a><\/p>\n The move is driven by fears over national security concerns emanating from TikTok\u2019s Chinese ownership and its links to the Beijing government. It follows previous efforts in Congress to address perceived risks from the video-hosting app<\/a> with a ruling in late 2022 banning federal employees from using the platform on government-issued devices.<\/p>\n Now, Mike Gallagher, Republican chair of the House of Representatives China select committee has joined with leading Democrat figure, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi to face down ByteDance.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is my message to TikTok, break up with the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to your American users,\u201d Gallagher stated.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica\u2019s foremost adversary has no business controlling a dominant media platform in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n If approved, the bill would instruct the Chinese tech giant to divest TikTok<\/a> within 165 days, otherwise, action could be taken to make it unlawful for Apple, Google and other app store providers to offer it to the market.<\/p>\nWhat is the response to the US action against TikTok?<\/h2>\n