US House passes bill that could lead to total TikTok ban
by Maya Yang from Technology | The Guardian on (#6M7JP)
Bill - with updated language that extends deadline to a year for ByteDance to divest of TikTok - to go before Senate next week
The House of Representatives voted 360 to 58 on the updated divest-or-ban bill that could lead to the first time ever that the US government has passed a law to shut down an entire social media platform.
The Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week and Joe Biden has said he will sign the legislation.
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