The Senate has passed legislation that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected
President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday forcing TikTok to find a new owner within a year or face a ban — setting the course for what’s likely to be a drawn-out legal battle with potential political costs for the president.
The Senate votes to pass the second TikTok ban-or-divest bill, which has been bundled with $95 billion in foreign aid, bringing the video platform one step closer to being outlawed in the US.
The U.S. Senate voted by a wide margin late Tuesday in favor of legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if its owner, the Chinese tech firm ByteDance, fails to divest the popular short video app over the next nine months to a year.
The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give TikTok's Chinese owner, Bytedance, six months to sell its stake or the app would be blocked in the United States.
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 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.
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,
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.
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 Biden campaign will stay on TikTok even after President Biden signed a bill Wednesday that could lead to a potential ban of the app. The big picture: The bill has a provision that will force TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest from its U.
President Joe Biden signed the TikTok bill into law on Wednesday morning, officially starting the 270-day clock for TikTok’s owner, China-based Bytedance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in American app stores.
A bill that could ban TikTok has passed both chambers of Congress and now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk, where it will likely be signed into law. The bill, if signed, would require TikTok’s Chinese parent company,
President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday that will force TikTok's Chinese parent company to divest from its U.S. operations or face a nationwide ban. Why it matters: The move potentially sets up a protracted legal fight over the fate of the popular social media app,
Some senators have even blamed TikTok for the swell of support for Palestine among young people, believing the cause has been promoted by China with the intention of causing divis
KEY TAKEAWAYS President Biden on Wednesday is set to sign into law a measure that could ban TikTok from American app stores.If signed, Chinese owner ByteDance will have up to a year to sell the social media app or face having it banned from the U.
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.
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,
TikTok has multiple options in the coming months, even as the Senate is poised to pass legislation tonight forcing it to be sold or face a ban. Why it matters: After years of threats, the U.S. is preparing to follow through on its threats to ban TikTok.
The U.S. government is inching closer and closer to a TikTok ban, a move that would impact more than just TikTok. As Mashable reported over the weekend, the House passed an updated version of the ban with bipartisan support.
TikTok has called the law "unconstitutional" and says it will "challenge it in court”. Adam speaks to BBC technology editor Zoe Kleinman, and head of social media for German broadcaster DW, Johanna Rudiger.
As President Biden signs the TikTok ban bill into law, giving the app’s China-based parent company nine months to sell, fashion influencer Bridget Brown tells Kaleigh Werner about the uncertainty she
The sell-or-divest bill, which is expected to be signed into law by US President Joe Biden, could see TikTok completely blocked in the country within the next year. It comes four years after India issued a total ban of the China -owned app,
President Joe Biden signed a bill aimed at forcing a change of ownership of popular video-sharing app TikTok into law on Wednesday after the US Senate approved it by a large margin. The law threatens TikTok with being banned from US app stores if it is still owned by the Chinese-based ByteDance Group in a year's time.
The Biden administration has taken action against TikTok. On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed a law to ban the China-based social media app under parent company ByteDance in the U.S. if it’s not sold within a year,
President Biden signed a bill Wednesday that could lead to a ban on TikTok, but the video-sharing app won’t be cut off from its millions of American users just yet. The bill moved unusually fast, getting signed into law by the president less than two months after it was first unveiled in the House.
President Biden signed into law a national security bill that would force TikTok to be sold by its owner ByteDance, or face a possible ban in the United States. Minutes later, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew responded with a video posted to the platform,
Well, if you are a big TikTok fan and live in the United States, I have some bad news for you: A bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban it in the United States passed the Senate. Given that China has made noise that it will not allow a sale of the social media company that is headquartered in Singapore,
TikTok is facing unprecedented pressure over its ownership and business model after the US moved ever closer to passing legislation that would force its China-based parent company to sell the platform or be banned.