The US Senate passes the ByteDance-TikTok divestment bill by 79-18, after the House passed the bill on April 20; President Biden signs the bill into law

A bill that would force China-based company Bytedance to sell TikTok — or else face a US ban of the platform — is all but certain …

The Verge 2024-04-24 Lauren Feiner

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Will Oremus (@willoremus@mastodon.social) — Biden has said he will sign the bill …
@jw Josh Williams on threads
TikTok is a risk and should be divested to a domestic company. Also... Kids are smarter than you think they are and are less likely to be influenced by the “propaganda” they find on CCP TikTok than your parents were by US-based F*x News. Ok. There's my hot take for the evening…
@alexheath Alex Heath on threads
I can't emphasis enough how often I've heard from TikTok/ByteDance employees over the years that the company will never divest like this. Rock meet hard place https://www.theverge.com/...
@NeoNacho@mastodon.social @NeoNacho@mastodon.social on mastodon
Finally we can have what China has had for a long time, a great firewall https://www.theverge.com/...
@darrigomelanie.bsky.social Melanie D'Arrigo on bluesky
Meta spent a record $7.6 million on lobbying in Q1 this year, coincidentally, at the same time the House voted to ban TikTok, it's chief competitor. — There are no coincidences when it comes to corporate lobbying.
@jameeljaffer Jameel Jaffer on x
The TikTok bill is unconstitutional. The First Amendment means the government can't restrict Americans' access to ideas, information, or media from abroad without a very good reason for it—and no such reason exists here. (1/x)
@viacristiano Cristiano Lima-Strong on x
An interesting wrinkle to the TikTok bill: it doesn't require that ByteDance sell it off to an American company, only that it doesn't go to one “controlled” by a “foreign adversary” But the White House this week suggested that's the desired outcome: https://www.washingtonpost.com…
@hankgreen Hank Green on x
I hope that TikTok remains available in the US and I also think that, on the whole, we'd be better off without it. I also feel this way about Coca-Cola and casinos.
@yashar Yashar Ali on x
NEWS The Senate has passed the bill which contains the TikTok divesture. Bytedance, TikTok's parent company, will now have one year to sell it or TikTok could be banned in the United States. The Chinese government will have to approve the sale. President Biden has already...
@alexbarinka Alex Barinka on x
Senate passes the TikTok divest-or-ban bill. It's off to President Joe Biden, who has previously said he'd quickly sign the legislation.
@deedydas Deedy on x
BREAKING: Bill to force TikTok to divest its US operation passed 79-18 in Senate and just needs Biden's signature. After India's TikTok ban, this is an all out war against Chinese consumer software, with 2 of the biggest markets gone. Are truly global social apps dead? [image]
@viacristiano Cristiano Lima-Strong on x
President Biden has already issued a statement saying he plans to sign this into law tomorrow, which would start the initial 270-day window for TikTok to divest 270 days from tomorrow (date of enactment) would be... Jan. 19, a day before inauguration day https://twitter.com/...
@therecount @therecount on x
79-18: The U.S. Senate approves a $95 billion foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. The bill also requires TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance within nine months or face a U.S. ban. [video]
@drjessmaddox Dr. Jess Maddox on x
I can't begin to state the ways this is a horrific decision for labor, entertainment, and information in the United States. This will impact the financial livelihoods of hundreds of thousands Americans.
@deanbaker13 Dean Baker on x
Too bad no one is talking about repealing Section 230 so that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg don't have so much say over what we see https://cepr.net/...
@ddimolfetta David DiMolfetta on x
Sen. Wyden on just passed NatSec package w/ bill leading to potential TikTok ban: “I plan to watchdog how this legislation is implemented, and will blow the whistle if the executive branch oversteps beyond the purpose of the bill.” [image]
@carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
Holy 💩 I can't believe this is happening so fast. If Biden signs, this would make young voters go nuts. [image]
@mkraju Manu Raju on x
News — After months of battles exposing a deep rift within the GOP, the Senate gave final approval to a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The measure, which also includes a plan that could ban TikTok, now heads to President Biden's desk. Final vote: 79-18
@brendancarrfcc Brendan Carr on x
NEW: The Senate has passed the House bill that definitively resolves TikTok's serious threat to our national security. My statement applauding this bipartisan Congressional action: [image]
r/politics r on reddit
US Senate passes $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan | US Senate
r/popculturechat r on reddit
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it
@vishwanathsarang Vishwanath Sarang on threads
Even as someone who's barely been using TikTok at all, I'm no less convinced that the banning/divesting of TikTok seems like a terrible idea for free speech and free enterprise.
@caseynewton@mastodon.social Casey Newton on mastodon
A TikTok ban is about to pass the Senate. Can it withstand a First Amendment challenge? I spoke to three constitutional scholars, and everyone agreed the outcome is extremely hard to predict https://www.platformer.news/ ... [image]
r/technology r on reddit
ByteDance, TikTok shelled out $7 million on lobbying and ads to combat potential U.S. ban

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The US Senate passes the ByteDance-TikTok divestment bill by 79-18, after the House passed the bill on April 20; President Biden signs the bill into law

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