An effort to force TikTok‘s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Representatives setting a vote for Saturday and a key Senate Democrat voicing support for the move. The Republican-controlled House included the measure in a sweeping $95 billion legislative package that would provide aid to allies including Ukraine and Israel, a major step forward in a months-long push in Washington. The...
House lawmakers are expected to pass the bundled bills this weekend, setting up a vote in the Senate that could take place next week.
The Biden administration worked successfully to pressure the fact-checking website Snopes to change its accuracy rating for whether a federal gas stoves ban was under consideration, a watchdog said based on internal emails. Republican lawmakers raised concerns after commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. of the Consumer Product Safety Commission proposed the idea in 2022 of a […]
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 White House continues to court social media influencers on TikTok, despite President Joe Biden threatening their very livelihood by supporting a ban on their platform.
The report also indicates that minority-owned SMB’s are given access to brand deals that they wouldn't otherwise have access to without Tik-Tok.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Hamas’ “chief strategy is to generate as many civilian deaths as they can to get world pressure to force Israel to desist.” But there’s “a growing callousness toward
The bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the United States appears to be much closer to becoming law. The legislation sailed through the House of Representatives last month, but faced an uncertain future in the Senate due to opposition from a few prominent lawmakers. But momentum for the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” seems to once again be growing. The House is set to vote on a package of bills this weekend, which includes a slightly revised...
Ohio senator tells president that China-built cars pose ‘existential threat to American auto industry’ but forgets Tesla and other Western brands also make EVs there
Will the U.S. pass a TikTok Ban? The House voted to either block the app or
The Chinese Communist Party is secretly lobbying the U.S. Congress regarding TikTok, according to Capitol Hill staffers familiar with the situation.
France Press agencyAmerican entrepreneurs demonstrated in Washington last year against the TikTok ban Noos News•Yesterday, 9:02 p.m Lily Sophie Maigret Washington editorial office Lily Sophie Maigret Washington editorial office Small entrepreneurs in the US fear they will face tough times if the country bans TikTok. Many of them use the video app to market their […]