Browsing: TikTok

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced at the House GOP retreat in West Virginia on Wednesday that the House will 'apply every amount of pressure' on the Senate to approve a bill that could ban TikTok, shortly after the House passed the legislation with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) stated that her decision to vote against the bill on Wednesday was not influenced by former President Trump’s opposition to a bill that could ban TikTok. “I haven’t talked to Donald Trump about the bill. These were my own conclusions, and I made the vote based on my own conclusions and…

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance should be forced to sell the app but argued that the potential for a ban under current legislation is too “extreme.” Khanna voted against a bill Wednesday that would require ByteDance to divest from TikTok within 165 days or face a ban in U.S. app…

Fifteen House Republicans voted against a bill on Wednesday that would require TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to divest from the popular app or face a U.S. ban. The bill, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, had faced opposition from former President Trump in recent days. Despite previously vowing to ban TikTok and issuing an order…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) cited her previous ban on Twitter, the platform now known as X, in opposing legislation that could ban TikTok on Wednesday. “I rise today as the only member of Congress that has ever been banned by social media,” Greene said on the House floor, as the lower chamber prepared to…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that she will vote no on legislation that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to divest from the app or face a ban in the U.S. “I’m voting NO on the TikTok forced sale bill,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “This…

China cautioned on Wednesday that a potential TikTok ban would have negative repercussions for the United States. The House is expected to vote Wednesday morning on a bill that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to divest the video-based social media app or face a ban in the U.S.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky stated on Tuesday that he believes the proposed ban on TikTok is illogical, ahead of an anticipated House floor vote on Wednesday. During an interview on “The Hill” on NewsNation, Paul stated that banning TikTok would be similar to actions taken by the Chinese government, which, according to Paul, is…

Former Republican presidential candidate and Vice President Mike Pence is calling for Congress to pass a law that may prohibit TikTok in the US, claiming that it is no longer acceptable to try to please the Chinese Communist Party. Pence believes that politicians who are tough on China but also support TikTok spreading Chinese propaganda are wrong.

“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary suggested that he will buy social media platform TikTok if a proposed ban goes ahead Friday. “Not going to get banned, ‘cause I’m gonna buy it,” O’Leary said on Fox News’ “The Story” in an interview with anchor Gillian Turner. “Somebody’s going to buy it, it won’t be Meta and…