U.S. House Passes Legislation That Could Ban TikTok AsianFin—The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the country if the social media platform's China-based owner ByteDance doesn't sell its stake within nine months. The decision by House Republican...
House passage of the bill is only the first step. The Senate would also need to pass the measure for it to become law, and lawmakers in that chamber indicated it would undergo a thorough review. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he’ll have...
(AsianFin)— The House Energy and Commerce Committee has pushed forward a bill on Thursday, increasing the probability for a nationwide ban on TikTok across all electronic devices. The House committee voted unanimously for the bill that aims to restrict TikTok's presence in U.S. app stores unl...
US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give the social media giant's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would be bl...
“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 the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, devastate seven million businesses, and shutter a platform that contribut...
TikTok has signaled it could sue to block the House’s divestiture legislation, telling its users in March that it plans to continue fighting, “including (by) exercising our legal rights.” A court challenge over the law would set the stage for a high-stakes battle over Americans’ right ...
The decision by House Republicans to include TikTok as part of alarger foreign aid package, a priority for President Joe Biden with broad congressional support for Ukraine and Israel, fast-tracked the ban after an earlier version had stalled in the Senate. A standalone bill with a six-month ...
A powerful House committee advanced a bill on Thursday that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok on 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 spy...
House of Representatives passes bill that could lead to TikTok ban or sale The House of Representatives todaypasseda bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. or lead to its separation from Beijing-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled ...
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 ...