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 ...
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...
The House passeda billthat would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake, as lawmakers acted on concerns that the company’s current ownership structure isa national security threat. The bill, passe...
If it then passes in the Senate, the bill would require ByteDance to divest TikTok within six months in order for U.S. citizens to still have access to the app. Otherwise, app stores such as Apple and Google will be forced to remove the app from their platforms. Previous attempts to ba...
the leading Democrat. The House Energy and Commerce Committee pushed the bill to a full House vote in a unanimous bipartisan vote--50-0 on March 7, two days later the bill introduced. CNN commented the bill is the most aggressive legislation targeting TikTok to come out of a congressional ...
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 in the great
The House bill is likely to face obstacles in the Senate, where a bipartisan effort last year to restrict TikTok petered out. Some senators are hesitant to focus on just one social media platform, saying it violates the First Amendment. ...
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 ...
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.
In the early morning of March 8, China time, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill requiring ByteDance to divest the short video application TikTok with a unanimous vote of 50 to 0. The bill was co-sponsored by Rep