As an Asia-focused tech and human rights journalist, I’ve found the TikTok debate has become far too polarized. There only seem to be two options: one, unilaterally ban or force a sale of TikTok, or allow it unfettered access to users in democracies around the world. To me, the idea of any democratic government essentially … Read more
On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The legislation orders TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to divest its ownership stake from TikTok within 165 days or be removed from U.S. app stores and web hosting services. President Joe Biden has indicated he will … Read more
A bipartisan consensus in the U.S. House of Representatives culminated in the passage of legislation in that, if also passed by the Senate and signed into law by the president, would require the Beijing-based company, ByteDance, to either divest from its U.S.-based subsidiary – TikTok – or have it be removed from the U.S. market … Read more
On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” with a vote of 352 to 65. This legislation would prohibit the wildly popular video app TikTok from operating in the United States unless its owner, ByteDance, sells TikTok to an American company. U.S. President Joe Biden … Read more
In response to the U.S. House bill to force a sale of TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media platform, Donald Trump said, in an interview, “Without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger, and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people.” In his latest comments, Trump reversed his position from 2020, when, as president, … Read more