The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that would ban TikTok or force its sale in the country. A revised version of the bill, which previously passed the House in March but then stalled in the Senate, now includes a foreign aid package, which likely means it will happen in the future. treated as higher priority item. The bill originally gave ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, six months to sell the app if the law was not passed and TikTok would be banned from U.S. app stores. . Under the revised version, ByteDance would have up to a year to sell.
According to reports, the bill passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 360-58. AP. The bill will now move to the Senate, where a vote could take place within the next few days.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said today The Senate is working to reach an agreement on when to hold its next vote on the foreign aid package attached to the TikTok bill, which it said is expected to happen this Tuesday. President Joe Biden is He previously said he supported the bill. If Congress passes it.
The bill depicts TikTok as a national security threat due to its ties to China. The app has about 170 million U.S. users, at least according to . tick tockAnd ByteDance isn't expected to let them go without a fight. In a statement posted on X Earlier this week, the TikTok Policy Account said such laws would „trample on the free speech rights“ of these users and „crush 7 million businesses and shut down a platform that contributes $24 billion a year to the U.S. economy.“ ” he said. Critics of the bill also argue that: Banning TikTok will have little effect In a way that actually protects Americans' data.