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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Kari Paul

Senate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell it

People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on 22 March 2023.
People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on 22 March 2023. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

The Senate voted on Tuesday to pass a bill that will either ban TikTok or force a sale of the short-form video app, giving its China-based parent company ByteDance up to one year to divest its crown jewel before facing deletion from US app stores.

The vote was a landslide, with 79 senators voting in favor and 18 against. The bill passed in the House on Saturday by a margin of 360 to 58, as part of a foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. It will now make its way to the desk of Joe Biden, who has previously said he would sign the legislation.

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