President Biden Commits To U.S. Ban Of TikTok If Bill Reaches His Desk: ‘I Will Sign It’

President Joe Biden has committed to signing a bill that bans the use of TikTok in the U.S. if the bill makes it through the House and Senate — just weeks after joining the platform himself.

The Chinese-backed social app is wildly popular in the United States, with 102.3 million active users each month, including the Biden-Harris re-election campaign. A bill is on its way to the House floor over concerns that the Chinese Communist Party can access user data.

The president was asked about the bill as he got ready to board Air Force One. On the tarmac a reporter asked, “Do you still support banning TikTok? Would you sign that bill?”

“If they pass it, I will sign it,” the president said.

Alex Witt reported on MSNBC Saturday that the House will take up the measure next week. It would give TikTok’s parent company ByteDance “six months to divest the social media giant or face a U.S. ban.”

NBC News Reporter Gary Grumbach said that the measure had rare bipartisan support, making it out of committee with a vote of 50-0.

“What this legislation would do is…it would force ByteDance to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese-based company or completely abandon the U.S. entirely. Members of Congress are particularly concerned about the data collection that goes on as it relates to TikTok: what data they are collecting and what they are doing with that information once they have that data.”

Grumbach added, “There’s a not-insignificant number of people whose entire livelihoods are based on what they do on TikTok. Think of comedians, think of chefs, lifestyle influencers. We’re talking millions and millions of dollars that these people make that would absolutely disappear if TikTok goes away in October.”

Users have been flooding their representatives with phone calls and emails, begging them not to do away with the app. At least 33 states have limited the use of TikTok, with bans also introduced “in cities, government-affiliated workplaces, and college campuses.”

Watch the clip above via MSNBC.