Biden says he'll ban TikTok if Congress passes bill, but he's never stopped campaigning on it 2024-03-19 Source: GDToday Editor: Lydia Co-presented by GDToday and the School of Journalism and Communication, Jinan University Designer | Zhou Yuting (intern) Editor | Steven Yuen, Lydia Liu...
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.
One option the U.S. government may be encouraging is for TikTok to spin off from its Beijing parent so it can be acquired by a U.S. company. But the list of suitors for TikTok could be short, with the service likely costing between $40 billion and $100 billion, according toBusiness ...
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 ...
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.
A TikTok ban is closer than it’s ever been following the Tuesday introduction of the RESTRICT Act, a bill that would make it easier for the Biden administration to restrict access to the popular video sharing app.
TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday.
Congress was flooded with calls from TikTok supporters voicing their opposition to a bill that will potentially ban the app in the U.S.
That would leave TikTok no choice but to shut down in America, where last year it had revenue of $16bn, according to the Financial Times. So the company is pinning its hopes on an appeal to America's courts. A memo sent to staff on April 21st described the new bill, then recently ...