But who will buy TikTok's US operations, which, by some estimates, could fetch up to $100bn (£80.2bn)? espionage, surveillance and hacks TikTok has stressed US data will be ringfenced and stored on Or
Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake won a major boost late Wednesday when House Republican leaders included it in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel.
U.S. lawmakers have moved closer to enacting a countrywide ban on TikTok. Last month, the House of Representatives passed a bill by a wide margin that would ban distribution of TikTok in U.S. unless TikTok's Chinese parent,
A potential US ban against TikTok took a major step toward becoming reality on Saturday as House lawmakers approved a hot-button bill targeting the app as part of a wide-ranging aid package for Israel and Ukraine.
Legislation that could ban TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake has won a major boost as House Republicans included it in a package of bills that would send U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Citing national security risks from a China-based app sitting on millions of American phones, the House bill demands the app’s owner ByteDance sell TikTok within a year, or the service will be banned in the U.
TikTok could be banned in the United States with Congress on the brink of passing a bill that would push parent company ByteDance to divest of the app.
The measure, which has bipartisan Senate support, gives TikTok's Chinese parent company one year to divest itself of the popular video platform or get blocked.
The latest effort in Congress to force TikTok to be sold is the most serious threat yet to the app's future in the U.S. TikTok is now hurtling toward what is perhaps its biggest threat yet in the U.S.
Opponents of legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States are pinning their hopes on the Senate as the House readies to send a major foreign aid package to the upper chamber. The legislation would force TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the popular app or be banned in the U.
The Senate is newly receptive to legislation mandating the sale of TikTok after the House tweaked the bill to give its Chinese owners more “runway” to find a buyer. The House passed a bill forcing the sale of the popular social app in March,
The US House of Representatives on Saturday passed a bill that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban in the United States, where it has around 170 million users.
Some lawmakers are concerned TikTok shares user data with the Chinese government or that Chinese authorities have tinkered with the company’s algorithm, which influences what Americans see. To date, the U.
A ban on the popular social media app TikTok in the United States is now lumped in with Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans' $95 billion foreign aid
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The U.S. Congress is expected to vote on a new version of the TikTok divest-or-ban bill as soon as tonight. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) plans to include the TikTok bill in a fast-track package that includes billions in aid for Ukraine,
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Saturday in favor of a bill that could effectively ban the TikTok app in the United States,