The Associated Press reports that the U.S. House has passed a bill that would ban TikTok from the U.S. unless the social media platform’s China-based owner, ByteDance, sells its stake within a year.
The bill was included as part of a larger foreign-aid package for Ukraine and Israel. Last month the House passed a standalone bill that gave ByteDance six months to sell its stake. The modified measure passed on a 360-58 vote and goes to the Senate for negotiation, the Associated Press said.
This sets the stage for a potentially monumental legal battle between privacy rights advocates and defenders of free speech. On Friday in our Security Insights e-newsletter we’ll share thoughts from three veteran security professionals with extensive experience in cybersecurity about this very issue, along with their thoughts on the new bill that was passed.
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