Following the committee's vote, the company issued a statement, saying, "This legislation has a predetermined outcome: a comprehensive ban on TikTok in the United States. The government is attempting to strip 170 million Americans of their constitutional right to free speech. This will harm millio...
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 House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted in the affirmative (352-65) on a bipartisan bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S., unless the Chinese-owned company agrees to sell itself to a non-Chinese buyer. If there’s no sale, the bill would block Apple and Google fr...
said Monday night that he would object to a request to pass the bill unanimously, requiring Democratic leaders to spend more serious amounts of floor time ahead of a roll-call vote on it. And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer didn’t make any commitments about putting the TikTok bill on...
The bill, approved on Wednesday by a vote of 352 to 65, calls for TikTok's parent company ByteDance, based in Beijing, to divest itself or the platform will be banned from app stores and web-hosting services in the US. 该法案于3月13日以352比65票获得通过,要求TikTok位于北京的母公司字节...
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...
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After the vote, Jeffries, the House minority leader, said he does not want to ban TikTok. “I don’t support a ban on TikTok. The legislation did not ban TikTok,” Jeffries said. “It’s simply a divestiture of TikTok so that this social media platform can be owned by an American co...
TikTok– and some of its users – are pulling out all the stops to contest a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of the app. As House lawmakers prepare to vote on the bill Wednesday, TikTok is encouraging users to call their representatives with a full-scre...
A TikTok spokesperson, Alex Haurek, said in a statement after the vote that the bill was jammed through as part of a secretive process. Advertisement “We are hopeful that the Senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituents, and realize the impact on the economy, 7 million smal...