USA took a big step towards the popular app ban TikTok through a bill supported by the White House, in a context of growing mistrust of the West regarding this Chinese social network.

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement that he has read the text, which includes would allow banning apps like TikTok.

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The bipartisan bill would “allow the United States to exclude certain foreign states exploit technology services (…) in ways that threaten the confidentiality of Americans’ data and our national security,” Sullivan wrote.

Several congressmen consider the video platform, which belongs to the Chinese group ByteDance, to be one threat to national security.

As in a growing number of Western countries, US lawmakers fear that Beijing could access user data from around the world through this app, something TikTok has denied for years.

“It is common knowledge that TikTok poses a threat to our national security,” Republican Senator John Thune said Tuesday when the bill was presented.

In particular, this law is baptized as “Law of Limitation” gives the Commerce Department new powers to veto the app.

Another bill in the House of Representatives also passed an important stage last week, and in late February the White House ordered the repeal of all federal agency devices within 30 days, in accordance with another law passed by President Joe Biden.

For its part, TikTok -which claims to have more than 100 million users in the United States— said banning the app would amount to “muzzle the freedom of speech” of millions.

The app already surpasses YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook in “time use” by American adults.