The bill in question, which President Joe Biden signed Wednesday, gives Chinese parent company ByteDance nine months to divest TikTok or face a ban on app stores to distribute the app in the U.S. The law received strong bipartisan support in the House and a majority Senate vote Tuesday, and is part of broader legislation including military aid for Israel and Ukraine. Many who sponsored the bill admit that a TikTok ban is their ultimate goal.It's actually ironic because the freedom of expression on TikTok reflects the same American values that make the United States a beacon of freedom.
Social media platform TikTok says that a bill banning the app in the U.S. is "unconstitutional" and that it will fight this latest attempt to restrict its
TikTok is facing a possible lawsuit from the FTC as it is closing its multiyear investigation. TikTok is facing another threat to its operations in the US with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), particularly as the regulatory body is close to finishing its years-long investigation behind the company.