US President Joe Biden signed a bill on April 24 (US time) that will ban TikTok from operating in the US as early as 2025.
The bill would require TikTok’s parent company, China’s ByteDance, to withdraw from operations in the United States, or it would be banned entirely. The US Senate and House of Representatives successfully passed this bill after years of hard work.
Some lawmakers found it difficult to vote against the bill because it was part of a larger foreign aid package to help Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Aid to Ukraine has been a priority for Biden since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and he announced his support for the aid bill last week.
“Objection to the unconstitutional ban”
It is worth noting that in the statement released by Biden on the night of April 23 (US time) on the passage of the bill in the Senate, he did not mention at all the “TikTok ban”, nor did he mention the $ 95 billion in foreign . support included in the bill That would have been a focus.
“The US Congress passed the bill to strengthen our nation’s security and send a message to the world about the strength of American leadership: We stand firm for democracy and freedom, against tyranny and tyranny.”
“This unconstitutional law bans TikTok, and we will fight it in court. The facts and the law are clearly on our side and we believe we will prevail in the end. “We have invested billions of dollars to keep data safe in the United States and protect our platform from outside influence and manipulation,” a TikTok spokesperson said on Tuesday. “This ban will destroy 7 million businesses and silence 170 million Americans We will continue to challenge this unconstitutional ban We will continue to invest and innovate to ensure that TikTok remains a space where Americans of all background sharing experiences safely, finding joy. , and find inspiration.”
TikTok CEO Zhou Chu posted on TikTok on the 24th (US time) prominently calling the bill a “ban order.”
“The US Congress passed and the president signed a bill designed to ban TikTok in the US,” Chou said. “This is definitely a ban. It bans TikTok, it bans you and your voice.”
In response, the Chinese government had previously indicated that it would not approve the sale of TikTok’s business. In addition, export controls are placed on algorithms owned by ByteDance.
（Originally published on wired.com, translated by Daisuke Takimoto)
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