X owner Elon Musk says opposed to US ban of competitor TikTok
Elon Musk on Friday came out against banning TikTok in the United States, even if it would mean less competition for his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as the initiative sees fresh bipartisan momentum in Congress.
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The US House of Representatives is set to vote on Saturday on a bill that would force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban.
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«TikTok should not be banned in the USA, even though such a ban may benefit the X platform,» Musk said in a post on the social network he acquired in 2022.
«Doing so would be contrary to freedom of speech and expression.»
A number of replies to Musk's comment on X expressed concern that a TikTok ban would set a precedent that could be used to target other social media and messaging services.
Under the bill, ByteDance would have to sell the app within a few months or be excluded from Apple and Google's app stores in the United States.
It would also give the US
