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The supremely popular TikTok could be banned on Jan. 19 under a federal law that forces the video sharing platform to divest itself from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or shut down its ...
On 13 March 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 7521, which would ban TikTok completely unless it is divested from ByteDance. [431] In April, the House of Representatives included a modified version of the bill in a foreign aid package which was passed by the Senate on 23 April 2024, and signed the next day by Biden.
In March 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), which would effectively ban TikTok unless it is divested from ByteDance within 180 days of the bill becoming a law, with U.S. president Joe Biden agreeing to sign it if the bill passed the U.S ...
Despite the bans, TikTok has still succeeded in becoming one of the most popular apps in the world, passing 2 billion active users in 2024. The national bans focus on either state censorship or ...
TikTok is already banned in a handful of countries and from government-issued devices in a number of others, due to official worries that the app poses privacy and cybersecurity concerns.
In March 2024 the House of Representatives passed a bill which, if passed through the Senate and signed by the President, forces ByteDance to divest TikTok or have the platform banned. [163] In April, the United States Congress passed a modified version of the bill in a foreign aid package.
The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill that could remove TikTok from US app stores. The vote succeeded 352-65, with the majority of nos coming from Democrats on Wednesday.
He is the honorary chairperson of the 2024 edition of the Met Gala as TikTok is the lead sponsor of the event. [19] [20] Chew is also recognized as one of the most impactful Asians in 2024 by Gold House. [21] In April 24, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a national security bill that Chew claims would inevitably ban TikTok in the United ...