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 Republicans to include TikTok as part of a larger foreign aid...
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 Republicans to include TikTok as part of a larger foreign aid...
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 t...
Since mid-March, TikTok has spent $5 million on TV ads opposing the legislation, according to AdImpact, an advertising tracking firm. The ads have included a range of content creators, including a nun, extolling the positive impacts of the platform on their lives and arguing a ban would tra...
The bill had bipartisan support in the House, and President Biden has saidhe would signthe legislation if it reaches his desk. However passage in the Senate is not guaranteed. Former President Trump, who attempted to ban TikTok in 2020, has nonethelesscome out againstthis bill. Free speech ad...
Washington —The House on Wednesday passedlegislation that could ban TikTokin the U.S. if its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance doesn't sell its stake in the massively popular social media platform. The vote was 352 in favor and 65 opposed, underscoring its broad bipartisan support, with ...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry criticized the legislation Tuesday, arguing "though the US has never found any evidence of TikTok posing a threat to the US national security, it has never stopped going after TikTok." A number ...
TikTok intends to use whatever available legal tools before it considers any kind of divestiture from ByteDance if the bill becomes law, Bloomberg cited people familiar with the matter on Wednesday, adding that any final plan would depend on develoopment of the legislation. The source said a sale...
Schumer is likely to feel some pressure from within his own party to move on the TikTok legislation. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner announced after the House vote that he will work to “get this bill passed through the Senate and signed into law....
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...