Biden 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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Biden signs bill that bans TikTok if ByteDance doesn't sell
President Joe Biden has officially signed off on a bill that requires TikTok parent company to divest the app within the next nine months. Should ByteDance fail to do so, TikTok would effectively be banned in the United States and removed from Apple’s App Store. more…
Biden Signs TikTok Ban Bill Into Law, Forcing ByteDance to Sell TikTok in Nine Months Or Risk Being Banned
Update: After signaling that he would sign a bill into law should it pass, President Joe Biden has signed the foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok into law. After the bill was signed into law, TikTok published a statement saying that the ban on its app is "unconstitutional." It claimed that it would "continue to challenge this unconstitutional ban." TikTok CEO Shou Chew also posted a separate statement claiming the comp…
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.
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