The Senate voted to pass a bill that could either ban TikTok or force its parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app within a year. The bill, which passed with 79 votes in favor and 18 against, will now go to President Biden, who has indicated he will sign it.
The new law stipulates that if ByteDance does not sell TikTok to a US-based company within a year, the app will be banned from American app stores. Michael Beckerman, TikTok’s head of public policy for the Americas, stated the company will challenge the legislation in court, claiming it violates the First Amendment rights of the 170 million Americans on TikTok.
The bill’s passage marks the climax of a long-standing political dispute over TikTok, which has faced accusations of collecting sensitive user data and censoring content. Despite these concerns leading to bans in various locations, TikTok continues to deny these claims.
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