The Justice Department late on Wednesday asked a US appeal court to reject an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest the short-video app by January 19 or face a ban. TikTok and ByteDance on Monday filed the emergency motion with the US … Read more
A cause celebre is ringing out across Harvard Yard, Columbia’s South Lawn, Yale’s Beinecke Plaza and UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza: Disclose and divest. Harvard, Yale Students Shout ‘Divest!’ at Unyielding Universities And university students say they won’t stop protesting against Israel until that demand is met. HT launches Crick-it, a one stop destination to catch Cricket, … Read more
The bill is yet to pass the Senate, where it is expected to face a tougher test to become law. 03:10 Protests at US Congress after House passes bill that could potentially ban TikTok nationwide Protests at US Congress after House passes bill that could potentially ban TikTok nationwide The White House has said President … Read more
The bill is sponsored by Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher and Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House select committee on the Chinese Communist Party. The legislation aims to curb the influence of foreign-controlled apps within the US. Specifically, it would give ByteDance 165 days to divest from TikTok. If … Read more
A committee in the US House of Representatives advanced two bipartisan bills on Thursday that would compel ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to divest the short video sharing app, and require data brokers to prevent personal data collected on the app from being sold to foreign adversaries. Both bills, which were introduced Tuesday, passed … Read more
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the House energy committee chair and a Republican from Washington, announced a committee mark-up for the bill on Thursday, which will be preceded by a hearing on legislative efforts to protect US data and national security from foreign adversaries. Similar attempts to ban TikTok or force divestiture from its Chinese owners … Read more
