After failing to stop a bill that could ban it in the U.S., TikTok now faces two big hurdles — the U.S. judicial system and the Chinese government, reports @theverge
While ByteDance has promised to fight the ruling, which requires it to divest the app within a year, it won’t be an easy fight, with experts unsure how keen judges will be to weigh in on decisions of national security importance. If it fails, it will have to consider selling TikTok. But that’s not a decision it will be able to make alone — it’ll need the Chinese government’s permission.
TikTok CEO #ShouZiChew has said the company will take the fight against the new law to the courts, but some experts believe that for the #US#SupremeCourt, national security considerations could outweigh #FreeSpeech protection.
USA: Wie geht es nach dem TikTok-Ultimatum weiter?
Verkauf oder faktisches Verbot: Mit dem vom US-Kongress gesetzten Ultimatum eskaliert der Streit um TikTok in den USA. Was folgt aus der überparteilichen Initiative - und wie realistisch ist, dass TikTok in den USA verkauft wird?
The bill that could ban TikTok in the US looks set to be fast-tracked in Congress, with its inclusion in a package of foreign aid bills.
A similar bill already passed the House in a lopsided, bipartisan 352-65 vote in March, but as @NBC reports, it has since been stalled in the Senate.
Now, the House plans to package a slightly revised TikTok bill with billions in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, making it somewhat harder to ignore, and all but guaranteeing the potential ban will be signed into law.
In a blockbuster vote earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives easily passed a bill that would force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell or the app would be banned in the United States. @theverge explores how the revived bill “jumped suddenly from the pile of forgotten ideas.” Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who authored the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, told reporters “The fact that we didn’t leak the content of those negotiations to the media, it’s just a function of how serious our members were.” https://flip.it/xzzXQi #Tech#Technology#TikTok#ByteDance#USPolitics
U.S. lawmakers were flooded with calls from TikTok users yesterday ahead of a decision that saw House committee members vote unanimously on a bill that would force ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, to relinquish ownership of the app within 165 days. https://flip.it/4MfgE9