Experts say the measure could presage another major crackdown in Xinjiang.
A social media ban for under-16s is among a raft of proposals set to be unveiled by the Government within weeks, it has been reported. (Stock Image)
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The bill to ban TikTok now moves to the Senate where it could be taken up for a vote in the coming days. President Joe Biden has previously said he would sign the legislation on TikTok.
TikTok on Sunday repeated its free-speech concerns about a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would ban the popular social media app in the U.S. if 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. It now moves to the Senate where it could be taken up for a vote in the coming days. President Joe Biden has previously said he would sign the legislation on TikTok. Many U.S. lawmakers from both the...
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The measures, championed by PM Rishi Sunak, pass despite opposition by several leading Conservative figures.
The app's owner, ByteDance, has nine months to sell its stake or face being blocked in the US.
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.
TikTok isn't the only ByteDance app that could end up being banned in the United States.