The House is moving forward with a vote Wednesday on legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless its China-based owner divests the popular app.

The House is moving forward with a vote Wednesday on legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless its China-based owner divests the popular app.

"TikTok will have to make a choice as to whether or not they stay connected to ByteDance and ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, or if they choose to sell and operate in the United States," said Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., who shepherded the bill through her committee.

– Chew at the time repeatedly downplayed the app's connections to China and referenced TikTok's "unprecedented" data security practices compared to unnamed social media competitors.

TikTok creators are on the Hill Tuesday lobbying House and Senate members “about the economic impact of a ban on their livelihoods,” according to a source familiar with the matter.