The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app, or face a ban, in the greatest ...
TikTok complained after Saturday's House vote, saying it was "unfortunate" that lawmakers sought to "jam through a ban bill that would trample the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, devastate 7 million businesses, and shutter a pla...
The US House of Representatives voted to pass the TikTok bill, and the Department of Commerce respondedBreakings · Mar 14 15:34 The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference today. A Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said that we are concerned about this trend in the US Congress....
The White House had suggested it endorsed the bill. A White House National Security Council spokesperson called the bill "an important and welcome step," adding that the Biden administration would work with Congress "to further strengthen this legislation and put it on the strongest possible legal ...
TikTok quickly complained Saturday after the vote, saying in a statement "it is unfortunate that the House of Representatives is using the cover of important foreign and humanitarian assistance to once again jam through a ban bill that would trample thefree speech rightsof 170 million Americans, ...
Day 1149 (March 13, 2024): US House of Representatives Passes Bill to Ban TikTok 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...
bill is important, we welcome this step," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters last week. But she said the White House doesn't see the bill as a ban on TikTok but rather ensuring its "ownership isn't in the hands of those who may do us harm. This is about ...
TikTok, which declined comment, previously said "the process for this legislation was intentionally conducted in secret and rushed through because the bill's authors knew it was the only way they could push it forward." A U.S. court will hold oral arguments on...
" White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters last month after the U.S. House approved the TikTok Divestiture Bill by an overwhelming vote of 352 to 65. But she said the White House doesn't see the bill as a ban on TikTok but rather ensuring its "ownership isn't in ...
A US Select House Committee unanimously passed a bill to allow the president to enforce a nationwide ban on TikTok.