Washington— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday endorsed a bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S. after its momentum slowed in the Senate following its whirlwind passage in the House last month. "This is the matter that deserves Congress' urgent attention, and ...
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app, or face a ban, in the greatest ...
WASHINGTON, - The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app used by about 170 million Americans or face a ban
But it's unclear whether the bill's passage in the House marks the beginning of the end for TikTok in the U.S. Previous efforts to ban it nationwide have stalled amid disagreements about how to regulate the platform, free speech concerns and legal challenges. ...
“This process was secret and the bill was jammed through for one reason: it's a ban,” TikTok spokesperson Michael Hughes told WIRED. “We are hopeful that the Senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituents, and realize the impact on the economy, 7 million small businesses,...
A powerful House committee advanced a bill on Thursday that could lead to a nationwide ban againstTikTokon all electronic devices, renewing lawmakers’ challenge to one of the world’s most popular social media apps and highlighting unresolved fears that TikTok may pose a Chinese government spying...
As the bill makes its way through Congress, employees working on social media teams, or for businesses that depend on TikTok, are dealing with anxiety and uncertainty about their future. If the ban becomes a reality, for HR leaders, there would be no easy answers ...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted in the affirmative (352-65) on a bipartisan bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S., unless the Chinese-owned company agrees to sell itself to a non-Chinese buyer. If there’s no sale, the bill would block Apple and Google fr...
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters last week. But she said the White House doesn't see the bill as a ban on TikTok but rather ensuring its "ownership isn't in the hands of those who may do us harm. This is about our national security, obviously," according to Jean-...
It’s also not clear if Democrats, who control the Senate and the White House, really have the will to take action against TikTok, which has 170 million users in the United States, many who are young voters who could be angered by a ban and may take it out on the many Democratic...