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 officials are urging users to call lawmakers through a pop-up within the app. The pop-up contends that a "total ban" would violate users' freedom of expression and negatively impact millions of businesses. Before the vote, legislators received a classified briefing addressing national secu...
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...
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...
House Republican leadership reportedly intends to defy Trump and bring the TikTok bill to a vote Wednesday as originally planned. Trump’s reversal on TikTok comes as some allied commentators and social media influencers have come to recognize the app’s appeal to young voters, and as Trump-rela...
The decision by House Republicans to include TikTok as part of a larger foreign aid package, a priority for U.S. President Joe Biden with broad congressional support for Ukraine and Israel, fast-tracked the ban after an earlier version had stalled in the Senate. ...
The outlet reported that two days later, a unanimous vote from House members on the Energy and Commerce Committee approved the bill. READ MORE:What to Know About the Latest Bill Threatening to Ban TikTok Notably, despite claiming that he would sign the bill, President Joe Biden created an off...
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...
A House committee approved the legislation unanimously, on a 50-vote, even after their offices were inundated with calls from TikTok users demanding they drop the effort. Some offices even shut off their phones because of the onslaught. Lawmakers in both parties are anxious to confro...
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...