Sen. Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.), the head of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, took thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from a TikTok lobbyist just days after the House passed its bipartisan bill targeting the Chinese-owned app, new financial disclosures reveal.
The measure, passed by the US House of Representatives on April 20, is driven by concerns that China could access Americans' data or surveil them with TikTok
The US House of Representatives had previously passed the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” bill on March 13, but the bill has since been updated to extend the timeline for divestiture from six months to a period of one year.
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
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.Driven by widespread worries among U.S. lawmakers that China could access Americans' data or surveil them with the app, the bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday and U.S. President Joe Biden has said he will sign it into law on...
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
Legislation forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the US has passed the House and is headed for a vote in the Senate Source
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 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.
On Saturday, the House approved a bill requiring TikTok to be sold by its Chinese parent or face a ban in the U.S.
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]
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...