Latest Version of House TikTok Bill Receives Crucial Support in Senate

Sen. Maria Cantwell, a key senator who has held up legislation regulating TikTok endorsed the House’s latest version of a measure that could lead to a ban of the social media app in the U.S.

Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, announced her support late Wednesday for an updated measure that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to divest of the widely popular short-form video platform within one year.

The legislation is included in House Speaker Mike Johnson’s four-part foreign aid plan, which also involves wartime assistance for Ukraine and Israel. The updated version extends the six-month window ByteDance would have to sell its stake in the company or lose access to app stores and web-hosting services in the U.S. to nine months, with the possibility of a three-month extension.

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