The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform's China-based owner doesn't sell its stake within a year.

TikTok is used by millions of Americans, including more than 9.2 million New Yorkers, according to TikTok.

Some of those New Yorkers said they are concerned about a potential TikTok ban.

“Why is this one being so scrutinized, whereas other apps, you have freedom of speech, you can say and post whatever you want, are not looked at in the same manner,” TikTok user Jenalynn Fumega said.

U.S. lawmakers say their main concern is about national security and China’s potential influence.

TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance is being accused of putting sensitive user data in the hands of the Chinese government including for intelligence-gathering purposes.

The app is already banned on federal government devices. More than 30 states, and New York City, have also banned the app on government-issued devices.

TikTok has long denied the allegations and in a statement said, “It is unfortunate that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again jam through a ban bill that would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, devastate 7 million businesses, and shutter a platform that contributes $24 billion to the U.S. economy, annually.”

There are more TikTok users in the U.S compared to any other country in the world, and they tend to be younger. Almost 40% of global users are between the ages of 18 to 24 and spend an average of one hour on the app every day, according to the e-commerce company Shopify.

Some New Yorkers believe the app is part of American culture, and that losing access to TikTok would impede on their First Amendment rights.

“I use TikTok to entertain myself between study sessions," Ryan Rana said. "I feel like people should be able to do what they wanna do within their own homes, if they're aware of the effects of it, aware of the security risk, they should be able to do it.”

“I’d be upset if it went away," Katherine Joostema said. "All these creators rely on it for income. They have these huge fan bases, but they're gonna go somewhere else — my guess is YouTube, whatever app comes next they're gonna go to.”

The Senate is expected to vote on the legislation as early as Tuesday. President Joe Biden has said that he would support the bill.