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...
House passage is only a major step toward the legislation. The bill still requires a majority vote in the Senate before U.S. President Joe Biden signs it into law. The path forward in that chamber seems less uncertain as some Senators want to take a different approach. Senators have indicat...
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, ...
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 ...
A bill that would force the sale of TikTok from its Chinese owners or see it banned in the United States will move cautiously in the US Senate, key lawmakers said, after it sailed through the House.
" 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 ...
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A US Select House Committee unanimously passed a bill to allow the president to enforce a nationwide ban on TikTok.