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The bill passed by a 352-65 margin. ... Since 2022, TikTok has been prohibited on government-issued devices. In March 2023, TikTok's CEO promised to put a firewall around U.S. user data, but that ...
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.
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act was originally introduced in 2020 by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) and passed the United States Senate by unanimous consent on August 6, 2020. [3] The bill ( S. 1143 ) was reintroduced on April 15, 2021, by Senator Hawley and it passed the Senate by unanimous consent again on December 14, 2022.
The bill passed by the House this weekend closely resembles an earlier version approved in March that would ban TikTok from US app stores unless it finds a new owner, and quickly.
Asked about the bill before Wednesday's vote, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that "despite the lack of evidence proving TikTok poses a threat to US national security, the U ...
In 2020, federal courts blocked an executive order issued by then-President Donald Trump to ban TikTok after the company sued on the grounds that the order violated free speech and due process rights.
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to force a sale of the popular social media app TikTok, part of a wider push by Congress to ban an app that national security officials have claimed is ...
An August 2020 poll from Reuters/Ipsos, surveying 1,349, had 40% supporting Trump's move to ban the app, 30% opposed, and 30% uncertain. [108] A December 2022 poll from Rasmussen Reports, surveying 1,000 likely U.S. voters, found that 68% supported proposals to federally ban TikTok, with 43% strongly supporting a ban. Conversely, 24% surveyed ...