Senate expected to pass bill that could ban TikTok
The Senate is considering a ban on TikTok in the U.S. if the app’s China-based owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell the app.
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On April 24, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner ByteDance doesn't sell the app. TikTok will challenge this decision in courts with a long legal battle ahead of us. This is perhaps the most well-known TikTok ban as India is one of the biggest consumer markets in the world.
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The company made the announcement on Thursday.
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President Biden has signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, fails to sell it within a year. The bill, which includes aid for Ukraine and Israel, was passed by the U.S. Senate in a 79-18 vote late Tuesday after the House passed it with overwhelming majority over the weekend. The bill gives ByteDance nine months to divest TikTok, with a 90-day extension available to complete a deal.
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Is TikTok getting banned? Not yet, but you should explore alternatives
As a TikTok ban gets closer to becoming a reality in the United States, it might be time to start thinking about other platforms to adopt early in case you need to fill the void left by the popular app, especially as recent reports have suggested that ByteDance would prefer to shut down TikTok rather than sell it. On April 24, President Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, fails to sell the app within a year, bringing the possibility of a TikTok ban closer than ever before. If the company is unable to fight the legislation and its legal efforts fail, reports indicate that a sale of TikTok with its algoritms would be highly unlikely because the app's algorithms are core to ByteDance’s overall operations.
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The Morning After: Senate passes the bill that could ban TikTok
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A bill that could ban TikTok is now all but certain to become law. The Senate approved a measure that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban.
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As part of its Q1 2024 earning release, Snap revealed that total watch time on its TikTok competitor, Spotlight, increased more than 125% year-over-year. The company is touting the success of its short-from video feed a day after President Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, fails to sell it within a year. Snap says overall time spent watching content globally grew year-over-year, driven primarily by increases in total time spent watching Spotlight and creator Stories.
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The TikTok ban clears key hurdle while Perplexity AI continues to shake up search
Well, if you are a big TikTok fan and live in the United States, I have some bad news for you: A bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban it in the United States passed the Senate. Given that China has made noise that it will not allow a sale of the social media company that is headquartered in Singapore, but is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, it's not looking good for TikTok in the States. The Framework laptops folks just raised more capital, Pony.AI is considering a U.S. IPO and Volition Capital is expanding.
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President Biden seems to be struggling with young voters in 2024, yet he's still willing to endanger one of their beloved social media platforms.
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TikTok Lite axes ‘addictive as cigarettes’ reward-to-watch feature under the EU’s watchful eye
The EU has effectively vanquished a TikTok feature that Europe’s digital commissioner described as “toxic” and “addictive as cigarettes.” TikTok owner ByteDance said on Wednesday that TikTok Lite’s reward-to-watch feature would be suspended.
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TikTok vows to take US ban bill to the courts. It faces an uphill climb.
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Joe Biden signs the bill that could ban TikTok in the United States
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ByteDance gets 24 hours to show EU a DSA risk assessment for TikTok Lite
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