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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The House March 13 passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of the social media platform TikTok over its ties to China and lawmakers’ concerns about spyware, unless that platform’s parent company, ByteDance, divests.
Also, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump became the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, respectively, after both were projected to win the requisite number of delegates to secure their parties’ presidential nominations at their conventions this summer.
Prior to the vote, TikTok prompted users to call their members of Congress to oppose the bill — but the effort appears to have backfired, as lawmakers expressed frustration with the volume and types of calls their offices received, and the bill was approved on a wide bipartisan margin in a 352-65 vote.
If signed into law, the bill would block TikTok in U.S. app stores unless the social media platform severs ties with ByteDance, which lawmakers say has ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The bill also includes similar prohibitions for other apps“controlled by foreign adversary companies.”
In a video posted on social media, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a native of Singapore, said the legislation “will lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States.”
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Also, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump became the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, respectively, after both were projected to win the requisite number of delegates to secure their parties’ presidential nominations at their conventions this summer.
House approves legislation that could lead to TikTok ban
The House-passed legislation would force the sale of TikTok or ban it entirely from U.S. devices if it refused, over concerns the app poses an intelligence risk given its ties to China’s government, which Chinese officials have denied. Although the White House and President Joe Biden have signaled their support of the measure, its future is uncertain in the Senate.Prior to the vote, TikTok prompted users to call their members of Congress to oppose the bill — but the effort appears to have backfired, as lawmakers expressed frustration with the volume and types of calls their offices received, and the bill was approved on a wide bipartisan margin in a 352-65 vote.
If signed into law, the bill would block TikTok in U.S. app stores unless the social media platform severs ties with ByteDance, which lawmakers say has ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The bill also includes similar prohibitions for other apps“controlled by foreign adversary companies.”
In a video posted on social media, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, a native of Singapore, said the legislation “will lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States.”
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Washington Roundup: House OKs TikTok bill; Biden, Trump become presumptive nominees
The House March 13 passed a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of the social media platform TikTok; also President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump became the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, respectively.
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