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...
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...
President Joe Biden has endorsed legislation that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being banned in the United States, a move that comes amid growing concern in Washington about keeping Americans' private data out of China’s hands.
The US House of Representatives will again vote Saturday on a bill that would force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban.
TikTok may be facing a crossroads sooner than later, with a divest-or-ban bill getting fast-tracked in Congress. The bill, which would require TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance either to sell the popular social media network or face a ban in the U.S., has been attached to an aid ...
"Passing a bill specific to TikTok isn't going to do very much, but the best thing it can do is get people talking on the national level about privacy," said Anton Dahbura, co-director of the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Assured Autonomy. "Until policies change, there are uncou...
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.
TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday.
The US House of Representatives is gearing up for a vote on a bill that would force ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to sell the app or face a ban in the country. This move gained traction on Thursday, with...
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 ...