TMTPOST—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...
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...
"TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chewsaid in a video posted to social media Wednesday evening in response to the bill's passage. "We have committed that we will continue to do so. This legislation, if signed into law, will lead to a ban of TikTok in the United States...
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said in a video posted Wednesday the legislation if signed into law "will lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States... and would take billions of dollars out of the pockets of creators and...
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...
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 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.
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.
skip to main content vittoria elliott politics mar 13, 2024 11:34 am the house passed the bill that could ban tiktok—and it wasn’t close if the senate passes the bill, president joe biden has said he will sign it. democrats raja krishnamoorthi of illinois (left) and mike gallager of...
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....