• House Passes TikTok Ban Bill: What It Means for TikTok Users

    The House of Representatives, led by a Republican majority, passed legislation on Saturday that will ban the popular social media app TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owner does not sell its stake in the next year. [Read More]

  • Congress Passes Bill To Force TikTok's Sale or Ban App

    The 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.

  • House passes foreign aid bill, TikTok ban included

    A major foreign aid package is about to get a vote in the Senate. The legislation passed in the House over the weekend and would send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

  • TikTok vows to fight 'unconstitutional' ban after House passes bill

    The GOP-led House passed a bill over the weekend that requires ByteDance, the Beijing-based tech company, to sell its stake in the US-based business.

  • Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?

    A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yetSenate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell itThe House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a total ban in the United States. The Senate passed it less than a week later. Joe Biden signed it a day after the Senate voted yes.TikTok is facing its biggest existential threat...

  • Congress passes TikTok sell-or-ban bill, but legal battles loom

    Lawmakers argue that the popular social media app poses a national security

  • Networks Decry House Passing Bill to Protect America from China, TikTok

    The liberal broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC finally found something they disapproved of amid all the foreign aid packages passed by the House over the weekend: a bill that aimed to protect Americans from the influence of Chinese propaganda. During their Monday morning newscasts, each of the big three threw their own hissy fits about the bill that could “ban” TikTok in the U.S. if their China-owned parent company didn’t sell it off. And again, they omitted the TikTok users threatening to...

  • Networks Decry House Passing Bill to Protect America from China, TikTok

    The liberal broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC finally found something they disapproved of amid all the foreign aid packages passed by the House over the weekend: a bill that aimed to protect Americans from the influence of Chinese propaganda. During their Monday morning newscasts, each of the big three threw their own hissy fits about the bill that could “ban” TikTok in the U.S. if their China-owned parent company didn’t sell it off. And again, they omitted the TikTok users threatening to...

  • U.S. House Passes Bill Requiring ByteDance to Sell TikTok or Face Ban

    In a significant development this afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that mandates TikTok-owner ByteDance to divest the popular social media app or risk its prohibition in the United States. Efforts to address TikTok’s presence in the U.S. date back to the Trump Administration, with renewed attention on the issue in recent […]

  • TikTok raises free speech concerns on bill passed by US House that may ban app

    TikTok on Sunday raised free speech concerns about a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if its Chinese owner ByteDance did not sell its stake within a year. The House passed the legislation on Saturday by a margin of 360 to 58.

  • TikTok eyes removal of exec in charge of placating U.S. government after House passes divest-or-ban bill

    On Saturday, the House approved a bill requiring TikTok to be sold by its Chinese parent or face a ban in the U.S.

  • Senate passes bill that could ban TikTok

    A bill that could ban TikTok is now all but certain to become law. The Senate approved a measure that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban, in a vote of 79 - 18. The “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” will next head to President Joe Biden, who has said he would sign the bill into law. While it’s far from the first effort to force a ban or divestment of the social media app, the bill managed to draw far more support than previous attempts. The...