House Advances Potential TikTok Ban In 360-58 Vote

The Insider reports:

The House advanced legislation on Saturday that could lead to a TikTok ban in the United States.

The bill forces TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to secure American ownership in about a year or face a domestic ban. Earlier versions of the legislation gave ByteDance just six months to find a new owner.

To fast-track the bipartisan legislation, House Speaker Mike Johnson combined it with a bill to allow the US to confiscate Russian assets, then bundled it into a package containing aid bills for Taiwain, Israel, and Ukraine, which have all been delayed for months amid congressional infighting.

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🚨 The “21st Century Peace Through Strength Act,” which includes the amended version of the #TikTok divestment bill, has PASSED the House overwhelmingly.

Under suspension of the rules, we needed 2/3rds of the chamber to vote yes. The final vote was 360-58.

Onto the Senate. pic.twitter.com/xO5P9M7f3s

— Rowan Saydlowski (@rsaydlowski) April 20, 2024