The TikTok bill, which bans the social media app unless it's sold to a U.S. owner, is poised to become law later this week.
The U.S. Senate passed the TikTok bill on Tuesday evening in a vote of 79-18. The bill, which bans TikTok unless Bytedance sells it to a U.S. owner, flew through Congress this week as part of a broader package to provide $90 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. President Joe Biden said in a statement following the Senate vote that he would sign the bill as soon as Wednesday, clearing the last hurdle before the TikTok divest-or-ban bill becomes law.
That said, none of this evidence has been made public A previous version of this bill swiftly passed through the House in March but stalled in the Senate for more than a month. By tying the TikTok bill to a crucial foreign aid package, lawmakers were able to nearly ensure it would be taken up by the Senate. One concern tech lawyers have raised about the TikTok bill is that it could ban apps other than TikTok.
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