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 ...
local time on March 13, the US House of Representatives passed a bill relating to the divestment of TikTok, a social networking app owned by ByteDance, with 352 votes in favor and 65 against. According to previous reports, the divestment bill will force ByteDance to sell TikTok; otherwise, ...
The decision by House Republicans to include TikTok as part of a larger foreign aid package, a priority for U.S. 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 si...
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 me...
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...
NEW YORK (AP) — House Republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the United States even as former President Donald Trump is voicing opposition to the effort. House leadership has scheduled a vote on the measure f...
China on Thursday slammed the passage of a bill that could see TikTok banned in the United States by the House of Representatives, saying the move "puts the US on the opposite side of the principle of fair competition and international trade rules". 此前美国众议院通过一项法案,可能导致TikTok在...
(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...
The House has passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban on the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell.
TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese tech company. Does This Mean TikTok Will Really Be Banned? PerCNBC, the bill still has to go through the Senate, where legislators are reportedly divided on the issue. If it then passes in the Senate, the bill would require ByteDance to divest TikT...