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...
The banning of TikTok on government devices could benefit rival platforms likeSnapand Meta's Facebook and Instagram that also fight for young consumers' attention. The bill includes an exception for law enforcement, national security and research purposes. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as...
拟议的立法包含在为乌克兰和以色列等盟国提供的950亿美元援助计划中,这得到了两党的支持,它给了字节跳动一年的时间来卸载TikTok,这比最初的六个月期限明显延长。 The US House of Representatives is gearing up for a vote on a bill...
Despite the fail to produce evidence that ByteDance has ever exploited American users' data, the U.S. government has introduced a bipartisan bill - the RESTRICT Act, which would enable its Commerce Secretary to ban foreign technology companies, including TikTok. Carme Ferre-Pavia, professor of com...
What is behind the TikTok divest-or-ban bill? The bill's creation was sparked by concerns about the troves of personal user data collected by TikTok and ByteDance, which critics claim poses a national security threat, based on fears the information could be tapped by the Chinese government. ...
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order instructing the Attorney General not to take action to enforce PAFACAA for 75 days. This report compiles responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding TikTok, its ownership and the corporate structure of ByteDance, and ...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on TikTok ban: The last administration had it right Warner met earlier this year with TikTok lobbyists, according to a person at the gathering at the senator's office. The Virginia lawmaker and Thune later introduced theirbillthat would empower the Commerce secretary...
TikTok for years has been in the crosshairs of American authorities, who say the platform allows Beijing to snoop on users in the United States. But a ban could trigger lawsuits. The bill passed by Congress gives the US president the authority to designate other applications as a threat to ...
The head of TikTok was called to testify on Capitol Hill in a surprise announcement on Monday amid serious allegations about data mining by the Chinese social media app.
Johnson is part of an ideologically diverse group of thinkers that have been taking a closer look at the relationship between Washington and tech. Some have advocated stronger action, for a long time: In the weeks before the TikTok bill passed the House of Representatives, Ganesh Sitaraman, a ...