TikTok could be banned in the US from 2025
President Biden has now formally signed the bill that means TikTok owner ByteDance must sell the platform, or face being banned in the US from 2025.
As expected following the Senate’s passing of the combination bill regarding funding for Ukraine and the potential ban of TikTok, President Biden has now signed the measure into law. From today, ByteDance has nine months in which to sell or divest itself of TikTok, although there may be a further three-month extension if a deal is being negotiated.
The issue for the US government is that TikTok is owned by ByteDance, which is a Chinese company. Senators have cautioned that as such, ByteDance could provide US users’ private data to China’s government.
“It’s obviously a disappointing moment, but it does not need to be a defining one,” he says in the video. “This is actually ironic, because the freedom of expression on TikTok reflects the same American values that make the United States a beacon of freedom.
