Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian isn't shying away from his opinions on TikTok's potential US ban

In an Instagram post on Thursday, which has now been viewed more than 8,200 times, Ohanian explained that he's “been advocating for something to happen for the last three or four years” when it comes to the social media app and how it's used locally. .

“No American social media company is allowed to operate in China, so as a matter of reciprocity, why are we allowing a Chinese-owned social media company to operate in America,” he asked viewers. “I don't think it should be banned, I think it should be sold.”

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Ohanian speculated on which media companies or conglomerates could potentially take over, citing Amazon, Walmart and even Meta as options.

But Ohanian would prefer someone not in the “tech elite.”

“There are a lot of people who are very interested in buying TikTok, who are not already part of the social media technology elite, who would be good candidates, and I hope that's the result that we get,” he said.

At the beginning of this week, a bipartisan bill dubbed the “Protecting Americans from Apps Controlled by Foreign Adversaries Act” passed 352-65 in the House of Representatives, which would require TikTok to split from Chinese-operated ByteDance within six months or be banned from use in US

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The bill will pass the Senate and, if approved, will go to the desk of US President Joe Biden, who has indicated he would sign it.

“We hope the Senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituents and understand the impact on the economy, seven million small businesses and the 170 million Americans who use our service,” a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement. STATEMENT earlier this week.