WASHINGTON, March 9 ― President Joe Biden said yesterday he would sign legislation that gives China's ByteDance about six months to divest the popular TikTok short video...
The US House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week on the TikTok crackdown Bill after a committee on Thursday unanimously approved the measure. ― Reuters file picWASHINGTON, March 9 ― President Joe Biden said yesterday he would sign legislation that gives China's ByteDance about six months to divest the popular TikTok short video app as his rival Donald Trump raised concerns about a ban of the service used by 170 million Americans.
Trump previously criticised Facebook parent Meta Platforms for revoking his access to Facebook and Instagram after removing two of his posts during the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot. His accounts were reinstated in February 2023. The Bill would give ByteDance 165 days to divest TikTok. If it failed to do so, app stores operated by Apple, Alphabet's Google and others could not legally offer TikTok or provide Web hosting services to ByteDance-controlled applications.Republican Senator Rand Paul, who previously blocked attempts to fast-track a TikTok ban, responded to Trump's statement that said the former president helped address concerns about US users of TikTok through a US$1.5 billion company project.
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