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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/08/tech/biden-tiktok-bill/index.html

The White House has endorsed a Senate bill that members unveiled
Tuesday, which would give the U.S. government more far-reaching powers
in restricting and even banning foreign-linked software or electronics
producers. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, the draft law is
considered to be aimed at Chinese-owned social media network TikTok,
even though it doesn't explicitly name the service.

The Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk
Information and Communications Technology Act - RESTRICT for short -
is being unveiled after two years of largely fruitless negotiations
with TikTok to address U.S. national security concerns surrounding the
app.

Concern over how much of TikTok's user data could be seen - and
potentially weaponized - by the Chinese government has been
heightening in the U.S. and Europe alike.

As seen in data by Statista Market Insights, TikTok has curated a
large following in the United States and Europe, with its app revenue
market share surpassing those of older social media networks like
Instagram and Facebook - both U.S. owned.

Infographic: TikTok: Social Media Heavyweight | Statista

You will find more infographics at Statista

In the United States, TikTok's share is already comprising 26 percent
of the market, far ahead of Instagram's 14 percent. However,
advertisers have been sticking to longer-standing services. TikTok's
social media ad spending share in the U.S. as well as the UK and
Germany hovered between 9-12 percent, behind larger ad players
Facebook, Instagram as well as professional networks Linkedin (i.e.
equivalent Xing in the German market).