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...
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 US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese owner or get banned in the United States. The legislation is the biggest threat yet to the video-sharing app, which has surged to huge popularity across the world all while ...
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...
fast-tracked the ban after an earlier version had stalled in the Senate. A standalone bill with a six-month selling deadline passed the House in March by an overwhelming bipartisan vote as both Democrats and Republicans voiced national security concerns about the app's owner, the Chinese techno...
TMTPost -- China issued serious warnings following a House vote that could lead to an effective TikTok ban in the United States. Credit:Visual China The U.S. side should earnestly respect the market economy and the principle of fair competition, cease unjust suppression of foreign companies and...
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-scree...
This morning, the US House of Representatives voted to essentially ban TikTok, unless Chinese-owned Bytedance divests from the app entirely. If passed in the Senate, TikTok would have about six months to untangle itself from its China-based owner. In speeches leading up to the vote on H.R...
“This process was secret and the bill was jammed through for one reason: it’s a ban,” a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement following the Wednesday House vote. “We are hopeful that the Senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituents, and realize the impact on the econ...
Here's what to know about today's House vote — and the app's future From CNN staff The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok, one of the world’s most popular social media apps. It’s not yet clear what ...