The House passed the legislation on Saturday by a margin of 360 to 58. It now moves to the Senate where it could be taken up for a vote in the coming days. President Joe Biden has previously said he would sign
TikTok CEO Shou Chew has presented written testimony ahead of meeting the US House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss accusations around the platform's ties to China. Chew is appearing in front of the committee on March 23, 2023, in order to address concerns about TikTok's ownership, an...
Article content “These bans are little more than political theater,” Oberwetter said. Article content TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is set to testify next month before Congress. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will ask about the company’s privacy and data-security practices, as well as it...
If ByteDance failed to divest TikTok, app stores operated by Apple, Alphabet’s, opens new tab Google and others could not legally offer TikTok or provide web hosting services to ByteDance-controlled applications or TikTok’s website. The bill would also give the White House new tools to ban...
The US House of Representatives has voted to pass a Bill that would force ByteDance to divest from TikTok or be banned from operating in the US. The Bill passed with a vote of 352 in favor to 65 against. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as the Bi...
White House officials had stressed for days that if TikTok were to go dark on Sunday, it would not be because of U.S. enforcement -- it would be TikTok's decision, and that the administration is only kicking the issue to Trump because of the timing. ...
On Saturday, regarding TikTok’s warning that it would go dark because of the impending ban, a White House rep called the blackout threat a “stunt.” “We have seen the most recent statement from TikTok. It is a stunt,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.“We have ...
A powerful House committee advanced a bill on Thursday that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok on all electronic devices, renewing lawmakers’ challenge to one of the world’s most popular social media apps and highlighting unresolved fears that TikTok may pose a Chinese government spy...
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones.
TikTok said in a statement it is asking the Supreme Court to apply the most “apply the most rigorous scrutiny to speech bans and conclude that it violates the First Amendment.” If the ban is imposed, small businesses that use the app will lose more than $1 billion in revenue and ...