This week, Congress and President Joe Biden took the next step to prevent the Chinese Communist Party from using Americans’ data against us. You may have heard of this legislation referred to as the “TikTok ban.” But rest assured, we’re not out to stop the sharing of short-form videos. My colleagues and I enjoy TikTok’s kaleidoscope of creativity as much as the next person. Many members of Congress use the platform, as does President Biden’s campaign. The problem is that TikTok, one of the...
President Biden has signed the TikTok ban into law, banning it in the U.S. unless it's sold. Critics say it's an attack on free speech.
President Joe Biden has now signed the TikTok bill into law. That means the social network's Chinese owners at ByteDance have 270 days to sell it, or the TikTok app could be banned from US app stores.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that, once signed into law by President Biden, will give TikTok's parent company ByteDance nine months to divest the app or face a national ban, reflecting significant bipartisan concern over the app's Chinese ownership and potential data security risks. read more
TikTok creators weren’t surprised to hear that President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban, but they’re close to unanimous in their belief that the federal government is wrong to push the legislation forward. For almost four years, since July 2020, a potential TikTok ban has been under consideration by members of the federal government. A bipartisan bill to ban TikTok in the U.S. was first proposed in December 2022, and the version that was just signed into law has...
TikTok says the law is unconstitutional and plans to challenge it in court.
The new law gives ByteDance an initial nine months to sort out a deal that would require to sell TikTok to a different entity.
It's official: Congress has passed a bill that could lead to banning TikTok in the United States. The legislation was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in both chambers, and President Biden says he'll immediately sign it. So, TikTok in the U.S. is dead, right? Not quite.
President Joe Biden has officially signed off on a bill that requires TikTok parent company to divest the app within the next nine months. Should ByteDance fail to do so, TikTok would effectively be banned in the United States and removed from Apple’s App Store. more
TikTok vowed to legally challenge the measure if President Joe Biden signed it into law.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. U.S. president Joe Biden signed a bill today that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban. Congress had passed the bill this week as part of a wide-ranging foreign aid package. The legislation poses the most serious risk to TikTok’s existence in the country since U.S. officials began raising concerns about the app in 2020. […]
The bill that will force a sale or ban of TikTok in the United States is now law. President Joe Biden signed a package of foreign aid bills that included the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” one day after the legislation was approved by the Senate. In a statement, TikTok said it would challenge the law in court, which could delay an eventual sale or ban. “This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court,” the company said. “We...