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 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 ...
aims to "protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications" like TikTok. If the bill becomes into law, it would give ByteDance 165 days to sell TikTok. If not divested by that date, it would be illegal for app store ...
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
bill is important, we welcome this step," White House 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 ...
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 ...
the Chinese technology firm ByteDance. The approved version of the bill on Saturday would extend the timeframe for TikTok to find a new owner to 270 days, compared to the approximately six months stipulated in previous versions of the legislation. Additionally, the bill grants the White House th...
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...
the Chinese technology firm ByteDance. The approved version of the bill on Saturday would extend the timeframe for TikTok to find a new owner to 270 days, compared to the approximately six months stipulated in previous versions of the legislation. Additionally, the bill grants the White House th...
Why the bill passed: Lawmakers supportive of the bill have argued TikTok poses a national security threat because the Chinese government could use its intelligence laws against TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, forcing it to hand over the data of US app users. What the legislatio...