month on a party-line vote, as wellS. 347 (118)backed by Sen.Marco Rubio(R-Fla.) and Reps. Gallagher andRaja Krishnamoorthi(D-Ill.). More bills may be coming — late last month, House Energy and Commerce ChairCathy McMorris Rodgers(R-Wash.)said she’s working on her own TikTok ...
Biden has stated he will sign the legislation. TikTok complained after Saturday's House vote, saying it was "unfortunate" that lawmakers sought to "jam through a ban bill that would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, ...
Moulton and Auchincloss areco-sponsoring a billthat would force Beijing-based ByteDance to divest of TikTok. The bipartisan bill isslated to come up for a vote in the House todayand is expected to pass despiteTikTok and content creators lobbying against it, resistance from some R...
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...
TikTok quickly complained Saturday after the vote, saying in a statement "it is unfortunate that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again jam through a ban bill that would trample thefree speech rightsof 170 million Americans, ...
"We expect the vote on final passage on these bills to be on Saturday evening," Johnson wrote in the memo to House Republicans. "It is unfortunate that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again jam through a ban bill that...
The House is set to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan bill that would ban the wildly popular social media app TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owners don't sell it.
Congress has already banned TikTok on government devices, and there are two key pieces of federal legislation currently before Congress to address broader concerns about TikTok. However, a growing number of lawmakers isspeaking out against a ban, warning about the dangers of censorship and the need...
TikTok is using its very powerful reach to rally its users against a proposed bill to ban Chinese apps in the U.S. The bipartisan bill isn't being voted on yet, but it did just make its way through the House Energy and Commerce Committee where a unanimous vote advanced the legislation....
TikTok is using its very powerful reach to rally its users against aproposed billto ban Chinese apps in the U.S. The bipartisan bill isn’t being voted on yet, but it did just make its way through theHouse Energy and Commerce Committeewhere a unanimous vote advanced the legislation. ...