This senator tells NPR why he’s leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

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People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building on March 13. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don’t sell it.

So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

Mark Warner chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Virginia Democrat is leading the push along with Republican Marco Rubio of Florida.

Warner spoke

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