Biden Signs Bill That Could Ban TikTok

The initial deadline for Chinese tech firm ByteDance to sell TikTok is Jan. 19, before the next presidential inauguration day.
Biden Signs Bill That Could Ban TikTok
A man holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Chinese social media platform TikTok in April 2024. Antonin UTZ/AFP
Terri Wu
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President Joe Biden has signed the TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law. On the night of April 23, the Senate passed the legislation, 79–18, as a part of the foreign aid package.

The law gives ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, a year to sell the app, or it will be banned from mobile app stores and web-hosting services.

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