(AsianFin)— The House Energy and Commerce Committee has pushed forward a bill on Thursday, increasing the probability for a nationwide ban on TikTok across all electronic devices. The House committee voted unanimously for the bill that aims to restrict TikTok's presence in U.S. app stores unl...
TikTok has vowed to pursue legal action against the U.S. government should Biden sign the bill into law. In a memo sent to employees on Saturday, a senior TikTok executive said that this would mark the "beginning, not the end" of a protracted process to contest what the company perceives...
TikTok has vowed to pursue legal action against the U.S. government should Biden sign the bill into law. In a memo sent to employees on Saturday, a senior TikTok executive said that this would mark the "beginning, not the end" of a protracted process to contest what the company perceives...
TikTok says a ban on the app would violate freedom of expression. The US House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday that would force the wildly popular social media app TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market. US and other Wester...
When Biden signs the bill into law, it would start the 270-day countdown for TikTok to find a buyer. If it can’t separate from its parent company ByteDance, then TikTok users could hypothetically be cut off by January. TMTPOST—The U.S. legislature on Tuesday night finalized the legisla...
TikTok has 170 million users in the United States alone. The bill, which could trigger the rare step of barring a company from operating in the US market, passed the Senate by a 79-18 vote three days after it cleared the House of Re...
Montana's ban on TikTok has been a topic of heated discussion, as it is likely to be challenged in courts for violating free speech rights and the difficulty — or even impossibility — of enforcing it. Since its introduction, the bill has drawn outrage from industry experts and civil rights...
Washington— The$1.7 trillion spending billto avert a federal government shutdown unveiled early Tuesday includes a ban on the use of TikTok on federal government devices, in what would be the most significant restriction on the app to date.The4,155-page spending bill, which was released over...
Speaking to reporters on the Capitol steps Thursday, Gallagher rejected characterizations of the bill as a TikTok ban. “It’s not a ban,” he said. “It puts the choice squarely in the hands of TikTok to sever their relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. As long as ByteDance no ...
The “divest or ban” TikTok bill has passed. Now the legal battle begins. The U.S. government has officially enacted a measure that will limit TikTok‘s power and reach — if it holds up in court. The ByteDance-owned app has vowed to wage a legal battle after President Biden approved...