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On March 17, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officially launched an investigation of TikTok, including allegations that the company spied on American journalists. [ 9] On January 25, 2023, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill to ban the platform nationwide.
The law specifies that, in the absence of a “qualified divestiture” by ByteDance, the TikTok ban will go into effect 270 days (nine months) after its enactment — which would be Jan. 19, 2025.
If it did ultimately happen, the U.S. would not be the first large country to ban TikTok. The government of India banned it in 2020, citing similar national security concerns.
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act is a United States federal law that prohibits the use of TikTok on all federal government devices. [1] Originally introduced as a stand-alone bill in 2020, it was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 on December 29, 2022, by President Joe Biden .
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [110] The review is expected to ban TikTok on all official government devices. It has been reported that some politicians are using burner phones due to the ban. [111] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [112]
House lawmakers are moving with dizzying speed with a plan that could ban TikTok from the United States. In the span of two days this week, a key House committee introduced and approved a bill ...
TikTok and other companies were given time to respond to questions on privacy and security, and by January 2021, it became a permanent ban. But the situation in the U.S. is different, said Pahwa.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would ban TikTok, a popular social media app, if the Chinese-based parent company refuses to sell.. The proposed national ban ...