The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to force TikTok's China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the social media platform or be banned in the U.S.
The U.S. Senate voted late Tuesday by a wide margin to send legislation to President Joe Biden that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. operations within about nine months or face a ban.
The US Senate voted to ban TikTok’s ownership by Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd., setting the stage for a constitutional clash over whether the prohibition deprives US users of their First Amendment free speech rights.
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would ban TikTok nationwide unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells its stake in the popular app. The development will likely result in a court battle between the U.
Two U.S. senators said they hope TikTok will remain in business in the U.S. under a new owner as the chamber prepared to vote on Tuesday on legislation requiring Chinese owner ByteDance to divest the popular short video app's U.
But the bill’s legislative success does not mean that TikTok is going away anytime soon. The new law, if passed, will face legal challenges, antitrust hurdles and public backlash. Here’s what lies ahead for the fate of the immensely popular video platform.
After weeks of being bogged down, legislation that could lead to a ban on TikTok is being fast-tracked by Congress. The US House on Saturday approved a bill that would require the popular social media platform's Chinese owner,
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.
TikTok on Sunday repeated its free-speech concerns about a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell its stake within a year.
TikTok is facing an existential crisis in America. If its Chinese owner fails to sell the app in the next year or so, it could be banned in its biggest market.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation giving TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, about nine months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a nationwide ban. President Joe Biden said he will to sign the bill into law on Wednesday.
The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban.
TikTok is getting closer to being kicked out of the US after the Senate approved a bill that would ban the platform unless its Chinese owner ByteDance sells the company. The video sharing app has millions of users around the world,
The bill passed by the House of Representatives Saturday would force the sale of social media app TikTok by its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance, and effectively ban it if a sale doesn’t happen 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.
The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It gives TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, six months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States.
The U.S. Senate passed the TikTok bill on Tuesday evening in a vote of 79-18. The bill, which bans TikTok unless Bytedance sells it to a U.S. owner, flew through Congress this week as part of a broader package to provide $90 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine,
The bill forces ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to either divest itself of the social media platform or else face a ban in the US. The president has already committed to signing it.
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.
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.
The US Senate has passed a bill to ban TikTok in the country if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell it within the next nine months to a year. The bill, which president Joe Biden is expected to sign into law,
The United States Senate has voted to ban TikTok in America if its Chinese owner, the tech firm ByteDance, fails to divest from the app over the next nine to twelve months. The decision could have ramifications for about 755 million users of the app worldwide,
TikTok is getting closer to being kicked out of the US after the Senate approved a bill that would ban the platform unless its Chinese owner ByteDance sells the company. The video sharing app has millions of users around the world,
President Joe Biden moved a step closer to banning TikTok in the US after the Senate passed a new law ordering its Chinese owner to sell the app or face it being blocked.
The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market.
TikTok could face a nationwide ban after the U.S. Senate passed a bill late Tuesday night, April 23, forcing the app’s parent company to sell or face a ban. Now, it all falls into the hands of President Biden,
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.
The measure was approved by the Senate 79 to 18 — sending the legislation to President Joe Biden ’s desk. The president has backed the bill and said he would sign it into law. The bill sailed through the House last week by a margin of 360 to 58,
Reuters/Dado RuvicThe U.S. Senate voted in favor of a bill on Tuesday that will ban TikTok in the U.S. unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divests entirely from it. Voting was lopsided in favor of passing the bill,
The U.S. may be getting closer to a TikTok ban, as House lawmakers recently approved a bill that will ban the social media platform if its parent company does not sell up. Here's what to know about TikTok,
The Senate is poised to pass a bill as part of a broader foreign aid package that could lead to a ban on the social media app TikTok. The Senate voted 80-19 to limit debate on the package, which includes a provision that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to sell the
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While many have expressed their distaste for the potential TikTok ban progressing through Congress, the Senate appears poised to send the matter to President Joe Biden this week. Earlier this year, the House passed a bill that would have banned TikTok if its China-based owner,
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,