Joe Biden's reelection campaign plans to continue using TikTok, a campaign official said on Wednesday, shortly after the U.S. president signed into law a bill that would ban the app if its Chinese owner fails to divest it.
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
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.
- Activists supporting Ukraine, demonstrate outside the Capitol in Washington, April 20, 2024. The Senate is returning to Washington to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine and Israel. They are taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad.
As expected, TikTok said it will file a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S.’s legislation — signed into law Wednesday by President Biden — that will ban the app unless its Chinese parent company divests its ownership stake.
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 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.
No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump,
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 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.
A House-passed bill, which the Senate looks poised to OK this week, gives the app a year to ditch its Chinese ownership — otherwise it’s banned nationwide.
The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars.
After weeks of it being bogged down, the US Senate late Tuesday approved legislation that could lead to an eventual ban of TikTok, though the popular social media platform and others have vowed to fight the measure in court.
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.
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 Senate approved a measure that will require ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban, in a vote of 79 to 18. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act next goes to President Biden.
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,
Over the weekend, the House of Representatives passed legislation that seeks to bar TikTok from operating in the U.S. if it does not divest from its Chinese parent-company, ByteDance.
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.
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.
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.
President Biden speaks on abortion rights at Tampa campaign stop WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that also includes a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in U.
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.