The measure had already been approved by the Chamber and the Senate. ByteDance stated that it will appeal
After the approval of the House and the Senate, it was the turn of Joe Biden, president of the USA, to sanction the bill that bans TikTok in the country, if ByteDance does not get rid of the short video app in the next nine months at a time. year.
The measure is similar to the version presented in March, where the text provided for banning the Chinese app in online stores; however, the condition is that the platform would be spun off from ByteDance, the Chinese parent company, and have an owner in the United States.
Shortly after Biden’s signature, TikTok’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, posted a video on the platform and stated that “we’re not going anywhere” and that he hopes to win a legal challenge against the legislation.
@tiktok Response to TikTok Ban Bill
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“We are confident and will continue to fight for your (American platform users) rights in court. The facts and the Constitution are on our side,” said Chew.
