U.S. House Passes Bill to Force Chinese Owner’s Divestiture of TikTok On a 334-60 vote, the U.S. House passed a bill (HR 7521) that would require TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the popular video app or have it banned in the United States. The meas...
Dozens of states and the federal government have put in place TikTok bans ongovernment devices. Texas' ban was challenged last year by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which argued in a lawsuit that the policy was impeding academic freedom because it extended to public ...
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 ...
TikTok has long denied it could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans. In a statement after the House vote, a spokesperson for the company said the "process was secret and the bill was jammed through for one reason: it's a ban." The spokesperson said TikTik is "hopeful...
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or get banned from the United States.
TikTok ban just got real. On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed a set of bills that includes a mandate demanding that China’s ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, sell the social video platform over national security concerns. The vote — which passed at 360-58 — came after ...
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
TMTPost -- TikTok warned that a potential ban on the popular short video app would trample free speech in the United States after a bill that forces its parent ByteDance to divest. Credit:Xinhua News Agency "It is unfortunate that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important...
House lawmakers have once again passed legislation that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban, renewing a massive threat to the company’s US operations. Here’s what we know, and how it could affect you: Didn’t the House vote on something like this recently? Yes. In March, House la...
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 incumbents on the ballot this year. ...