US EditionBiden signs bill that bans TikTok if ByteDance doesn't sell
- The House approved legislation 360 to 58, linking it to foreign-aid. Senator John Thune mentioned banning TikTok if not acquired by a non-Chinese Communist Party entity.
- The Senate passed the measure 75-17 within a foreign-aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, totaling US$95.3 billion. Thune highlighted TikTok's potential ban in the legislation.
- The legislation's approval is a setback for TikTok, with 175 million American users affected, amid concerns over Chinese influence and ownership.
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TikTok may be banned in the US. Here's what happened when India did it
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature.
TikTok ban bill passes US Senate, what happens next?
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation giving TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, about nine months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a nationwide ban. President Joe Biden said he will to sign the bill into law on Wednesday.
Bill to ban TikTok in US clears Congress
WASHINGTON — The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market. The measure was part of a $95 billion foreign aid package, including military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which has now cleared Congress and heads to President Joe Biden’s desk. US and other Western officials have voiced alarm …
US Senate passes TikTok divestment-or-ban bill, Biden set to make it law
The US Senate voted by a wide margin late Tuesday in favour of legislation that would ban TikTok in the US if its owner, the Chinese tech firm ByteDance, fails to divest the popular short video app over the next nine months to a year.
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