TikTok issued a statement: “This process is secret and the bill was forced through for one reason only: it is a ban. We hope that the Senate will consider the facts, listen to their constituents, and realize the impact on the economy, 700 Impact on 10,000 small businesses and 170 million Americans who use our services.”
As reported on March 13 that on the morning of the 13th (today) local time, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bill requiring ByteDance to divest control of its short video platform TikTok. It is reported that the bill still needs two steps to become law: discussion and voting in the U.S. Senate, and then submitted to the president for approval after passing .
March 6: A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers proposed legislation on Tuesday to give ByteDance 165 days to spin off the popular short video app TikTok . Otherwise, Apple, Google and other app stores will be forced to stop web hosting services for TikTok. TikTok will also Unable to do business with other U.S. businesses.
A TikTok spokesperson responded: “No matter how it tries to hide it, this bill is an outright ban on TikTok. This legislation would trample on the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and deprive 5 million small businesses of the power they need to grow and thrive. A platform for job creation.”
March 7: TikTok issued a pop-up reminder to users in the United States: directing users to call members of Congress to demand the withdrawal of this bill. It is reported that the pop-up window can be closed or swiped away with a button instead of being forced to boot.
March 10: Some media said that former Blizzard CEO Kotick contacted Zhang Yiming and considered acquiring TikTok for US$100 billion. OpenAI CEO Altman may participate in the transaction. In response, Bytedance responded that the aforementioned information was untrue.
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