US President Joe Biden signs legislation to ban or force the sale of TikTok
nme.comTikTok.Yesterday (April 23), US Congress voted to pass the bill that will ban TikTok in the United States unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells the platform’s US stakes.
The vote came three days after it cleared the House of Representatives.Today (April 24), Biden signed the bill hours after Congress dealt the video-sharing platform’s Chinese ownership a historic rebuke following years of failed attempts to tackle the app’s alleged national security risks (per The Washington Post).Biden had previously indicated that he would approve of the legislation once it had hit his desk.
The bill was voted 79 to 18 late Tuesday (April 23) as part of a package that also offered aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.This now means that ByteDance – TikTok’s parent company – now has about nine months to sell the popular app.
In the event that ByteDance does not sell the platform’s stakes in the United States, TikTok will be banned from US markets, and will be removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store nationwide.Our CEO Shou Chew's response to the TikTok ban: pic.twitter.com/l0RAPJMobK— TikTok Policy (@TikTokPolicy) April 24, 2024TiKToK’s CEO Shou Chew responded to the bill in a video saying: “As you may have heard, Congress passed a bill that the president signed into law that is designed to ban TikTok in the United States.
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