Chuck Schumer says US Senate can make progress on TikTok billThe Senate is returning to work next week after a two-week recess. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 352-65 on March 13 to give TikTo...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.35 PM IST
Explainer: Will TikTok be banned in the US and what is next for the bill?House overwhelmingly passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. operations within six months, citing national security risks fr...
16 Mar, 2024, 05.57 PM IST
US Senate not moving to fast-track House bill for TikTok divestitureSenate debates ByteDance's TikTok sale, with varying opinions on the House bill. Concerns raised over national security and Chinese access ...
15 Mar, 2024, 08.04 AM IST
US House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face banThe U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill giving TikTok's ByteDance six months to divest U.S. assets or face a ban. TikTok CEO warns ...
14 Mar, 2024, 04.35 PM IST
Lawmakers seek to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face US banA bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday that would give China's ByteDance about six months to divest popular...
06 Mar, 2024, 09.04 AM IST
US Senate hearing: Meta, TikTok, X CEOs grilled by senators about child sexual exploitationThe hearing marks the latest effort by lawmakers to address the concerns of parents and mental health experts that social media companies p...
31 Jan, 2024, 11.57 PM IST
CEOs of TikTok, Meta, X to testify at US Senate hearing in JanuarySenator Dick Durbin, the panel's Democratic chairman and the ranking Republican Lindsey Graham said Discord and X had initially balked at p...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.43 AM IST
Child Sexual Exploitation: This is why US Senate panel issued subpoenas to Discord, Snap and XA Senate panel in US has issued subpoenas to major tech companies after their 'repeated refusals' by the giants to cooperate with its inves...
21 Nov, 2023, 04.32 PM IST
US Commerce head Gina Raimondo backs legislation to address TikTok threatsGina Raimondo's comments come as concerns at a time when Chinese-owned TikTok have sparked new efforts in the US Congress to boost powers t...
05 Oct, 2023, 06.28 PM IST
US senators examine TikTok hiring of ByteDance executivesSenators Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, and Republican Marsha Blackburn said in a letter on Tuesday to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew that the pe...
03 Oct, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
US lawmakers consider changes to TikTok crackdown billThe legislation endorsed by the White House would grant the Commerce Department new authority to review, block, and address a range of tran...
11 Jul, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
French MPs urge TikTok ban ultimatumA Senate commission of inquiry set up to probe TikTok's handling of data and "influence strategy" said in its final report that the firm sh...
06 Jul, 2023, 08.59 PM IST
US eyes new rules for tech: What's under considerationShould TikTok be banned? Should younger children be prevented from engaging with social media? Can the government make sure private informa...
08 May, 2023, 01.15 PM IST
Amid concerns about TikTok, Commerce details effort to secure US dataConcerns about Chinese-owned TikTok have sparked new efforts in Congress to boost powers to address it or potentially ban the popular short...
29 Apr, 2023, 08.40 PM IST
TikTok ban legislation pushed by Missouri's Josh Hawley blocked in US SenateIn trying to force a vote - a move that rarely works in the Senate, since one senator's objection can block it - Hawley called TikTok "digi...
30 Mar, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
U.S. Senate passes bill to bar federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devicesThe bill must still be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives before going to President Joe Biden for approval. The House of Represe...
15 Dec, 2022, 08.29 AM IST
TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China's governmentSenators at the hearing also voiced concerns that TikTok, owned by Beijing-based internet technology company ByteDance, and rivals YouTube,...
27 Oct, 2021, 10.51 AM IST