The Senate voted 79-18 Tuesday evening to advance a landmark bill that gives China's ByteDance up to one year to divest TikTok or face a US ban on the app.and will also kick off a complex set of steps over the coming 12 months likely to take place both in boardrooms and in courtrooms.
There are also concerns about the Chinese government’s ability to use the app to influence American public opinion by adjusting what millions of users see when they open the app. On top of that, even if the money and willingness to sell is there it also remains an open question whether ByteDance could sell the algorithm even if it wanted to.
Others agree. Congressman Ro Khanna of California — an opponent of the bill — recently told ABC "I don't think it's going to pass first amendment scrutiny because I think there are less restrictive alternatives." Ex-Aide Says Melania Trump Will Be Watching 'Every Ounce' of Hush Money Trial — and Looking for 1 Thing
An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Tuesday that Russia has already drafted legislation to retaliate if nearly $300 billion of Russian assets were seized by the West and used to help Ukraine. After President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, the United States and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia's central bank and finance ministry, blocking around $300 billion of sovereign Russian assets in the West. The U.S.