The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.

It gives TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, six months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the United States.

The bill will now be handed over to US President, Joe Biden, who has vowed to sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk.

If that happens, ByteDance will have to seek approval from Chinese officials to complete a forced sale, which Beijing has vowed to oppose.

The measure was passed as part of a package of four bills which also included military aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other US partners in the Indo- Pacific.

It got widespread support from lawmakers with 79 Senators voting for it and 18 voting against it.

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    Nah it was changed to 12 months in the more recent vote.

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      Probably for that exact reason.

      It's incredible this party has survived so long off of being diet conservatism

      All of the stupidity, but with an air of haughty superiority and less obvious racism/sexism/homophobia/etc