The US Government Signs TikTok “Ban” Law into Effect

Phandroid— The new law gives ByteDance an initial nine months to sort out a deal that would require to sell TikTok to a different entity.

NBC News—TikTok creators react to Biden signing ban-or-sell law: ‘We don’t want a TikTok ban’. 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...

TechSpot—US TikTok ban could begin next year as Biden signs law, but legal battle looms. US President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law that forces TikTok owner ByteDance to either sell the immensely popular social network or remove the app from Apple and Google app stores. The Beijing parent company has 270 days to comply, meaning the ban could enter effect next JanuaryRead Entire Article

Neowin—President Biden signs TikTok bill into law; clock is ticking on the app's possible US ban. 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.