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

ETtech.com— 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...

Benzinga—Biden Set To Sign TikTok Ban Into Law After Senate Passes Bill Supported By GOP, Democrats. 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

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

Neowin—US Senate passes bill that could ban TikTok; President Biden willl sign it Wednesday. The US Senate has voted for a bill package that includes a bill that could lead to the banning of TikTok from US app stores. President Joe Biden will sign the bill into law on Wednesday.