TikTok's fate in the U.S. hangs in the balance. What would the sale of the popular app mean?

TikTok could soon be inaccessible to its more than a hundred million users in the U.S., after the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday voted to pass a law forcing the app to be sold by its Chinese parent company or face a stateside ban. 

Much like other social media apps, including those owned by U.S. companies, concerns abound over the vast amount of personal user data collected by TikTok's Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, something which many believe poses a national security threat. 

Under the proposed legislation, ByteDance would have six months to divest TikTok or face a nationwide ban.