Before the vote, legislators received a classified briefing addressing national security concerns related to Chinese ownership of TikTok. Chief Democratic member of the committee, Representative Frank Pallone, said on Thursday that he hopes the bill "will force the divestment of TikTok, and Americans ...
TikTok is the subject of a vote in the US House of Representatives that could pressure the popular video-sharing platform into cutting ties with its Chinese owner or getting banned in the United States. The US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok to ...
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...
As House lawmakers prepare to vote on the bill Wednesday, TikTok is encouraging users to call their representatives with a full-screen notification about the legislation. The company’s CEO, Shou Chew, has attempted to schedule 11th-hour meetings with members of Congress....
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 LeaderChuck Schumerdidn’t make any commitments about putting the TikTok bill on the ...
I’m voting NO on the TikTok forced sale bill. This bill was incredibly rushed, from committee to vote in 4 days, with little explanation. There are serious antitrust and privacy questions here, and any national security concerns should be laid out to the public prior to a vote. ...
While the timeline is unclear on how quickly the Senate will take up the TikTok bill, President Joe Biden himself has said he’d sign off on it should the measure pass both Congressional chambers. So if your small business is heavily focused on TikTok, it’d be wise to prepare for a fu...
此前美国众议院通过一项法案,可能导致TikTok在美国被封禁。3月14日,中国政府对此言辞抗议,称此举“使美国站在公平竞争原则和国际贸易规则的对立面”。 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 platf...
此前美国众议院通过一项法案,可能导致TikTok在美国被封禁。3月14日,中国政府对此言辞抗议,称此举“使美国站在公平竞争原则和国际贸易规则的对立面”。 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 platf...
Now that it has cleared the committee, the TikTok legislation will head to a floor vote next week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said ina post on XThursday evening. Its fate is less clear in the Senate, where there is no companion bill and the Democratic chair of the Senate Commerce...