A bill that would ban TikTok — unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divests its ownership stake — could soon become a U.S. law. TikTok is gearing up a legal fight against the measure if that happens,
What's next after the foreign aid package that passed the House on Saturday included legislation to force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance
Will TikTok get banned in the US anytime soon? No. While the conventional wisdom is that the US Senate will likely approve the bill this week, and President Joe Biden
The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that could ban TikTok in the country or force its parent company to sell it. Under the revised version, ByteDance would have up to a year to divest,
The social media crackdown may stand poised to become law, since President Joe Biden has vowed to sign it if it passes the Senate and reaches his desk. The TikTok measure could still be removed from the foreign aid legislation in the Senate,
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok on Sunday raised free speech concerns about a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if its Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell its stake within a year.
TikTok plans to file a court challenge if the Senate passes, and President Joe Biden signs, a House-passed foreign aid package containing language that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban, a top company executive told employees in an internal memo obtained by CNN.
TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app is signed into law, as one of the world’s most valuable technology businesses tries to fend off an existential crisis in its most important market.
As a TikTok divestment law races to passage, TikTok's parent company ByteDance must reckon with the legislation across all of its apps, many of which are growing rapidly in the U.S. Why it matters: The broad language included in the bipartisan TikTok ban bill could make it impossible for most ByteDance apps to operate in the U.
These reports will be crucial in determining the health of the U.S. economy. In other news, TikTok is gearing up for a battle with the U.S. government should it decide to ban the popular social media platform.
Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the US, its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. worked out a preliminary deal to sell the short video app’s business. Not this time.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about a year to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a nationwide ban. It now moves to the Senate where it could be taken up for a vote in the coming days.
A bill that could eventually ban TikTok is again on its way to the Senate for approval, having passed the House for a second time in as many months. An earlier version of the bill, which would also require TikTok's Chinese parent company to either sell the video app or face a ban in the U.
The Senate is poised to pass the bill the House advanced over the weekend. President Biden is set to sign it. From there, TikTok says the battle will move to the courts.
TikTok’s management vowed in an internal memo to staff “we will move to the courts for a legal challenge” if the bill winding its way through Congress is signed into law.
After years of working to assure the US government that its popular social media app isn’t a threat to national security, TikTok’s loss in that fight now seems almost inevitable.
TikTok’s future in the United States gets closer to being decided. As AFROTECH™ previously told you, a 12-page bill had been passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in March 2024 to eradicate the platform’s use in the United States.
This fast-tracked the earlier version of the ban to a six-month deadline, that stalled in the Senate. The bill passed in March was passed by a bipartisan vote because both Democrats and Republicans had national security concerns with ByteDance Ltd.
TikTok will crack down on influencers who use the video-sharing app to dispense reviews and recommendations about popular weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy. The ByteDance-owned app,
The TikTok ban is part of a larger bill addressing sanctions on countries like Russia and providing aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Gaza. Bundling the TikTok bill with a foreign aid package in the House makes it a higher priority and potentially harder for the Senate to delay.
TikTok - which adds $24bn to the US economy annually - says the bill threatens the free speech of 170 million of Americans. The post US TikTok Ban Edges Closer After House Passes Crucial Bill appeared first on Tech.
CGTN, the English-language channel of state-run CCTV, said the legislation to divest TikTok over security concerns was a sign of the US falling into 'Sinophobia' China Daily said the bill would deal a heavy blow to Sino-US relations,
The most talked-about part of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would ban TikTok unless it completely breaks ties with its Chinese parent-company, ByteDance,
The United States House of Representatives has passed another bill to ban TikTok in the country. The new bill has a similar core structure to the original bill passed last month. However, it is part of a larger group of foreign aid bills,
Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the United States, its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. worked out a preliminary deal to sell the short video app's business.
The bill’s sponsors are emphasizing the legislation’s aim of preventing China from using TikTok to access U.S. user data and manipulate the platform’s algorithm to alter the content reaching Americans.
TikTok has told employees that it will fight ongoing attempts to ban the app in the US. The US House of Representatives passed a bill over the weekend that would force Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the viral social media platform within a year to avoid a nationwide ban.
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If TikTok's China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year, legislation passed on Saturday by the House would force a ban on the popular social media platform in the United States. DETAILS:
STORY: TikTok on Sunday reiterated free speech concerns about a bill that was passed by the U.S. House Saturday.The measure would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if its Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell its stake within a year.
A TikTok ban in the United States is closer than it's ever been, with the US House of Representatives voting through the relevant legislation on Saturday – meaning it could become law in just a few days.