TikTok plots US court battle as divest-or-ban bill heads for Senate vote (reports)

Music Business Worldwide— 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

MediaNama—TikTok Criticises US Ban Or Divest Bill, Vows To Fight In Court. Following the signing of the TikTok ban bill by US President, TikTok released a statement reiterating its decision to challenge it in courts.

Rappler—US Senate passes bill to force TikTok divestment or face ban. 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

ETtech.com—US Senate passes TikTok divestment-or-ban bill, Joe Biden set to make it law. 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...