By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — TikTok’s expected legal challenge to a law signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden forcing the popular app’s parent company to spin off its US operations could be a seminal moment in First Amendment law in what is shaping up to be a year of defining cases. The new law gives TikTok’s parent company
The legislation, which gives ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok and a possible three-month extension if a sale is in progress—now goes to President Biden for signature.
Bill gives app owner, ByteDance, a year to divest, and while Biden is expected to sign it, the company plans to fight itThe Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill that will either ban TikTok or force a sale of the short-form video app, giving its China-based parent company ByteDance up to one year to divest its crown jewel before facing deletion from US app stores.The vote was a landslide, with 79 senators voting in favor and 18 against. The bill passed in the House on Saturday by a margin of 360...
The comments from ByteDance come after reports it was exploring the potential sale of the platform.
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.
The TikTok legislation was included as part of a larger $95 billion package that provides foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel and was passed 79-18.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market. The measure was part of a $95 billion foreign aid package, including military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.
It now goes to President Joe Biden, who has backed the TikTok proposal and has said he will sign the package as soon as he gets it.