President Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell it within a year. The bill includes aid to Ukraine and Israel. U.S. senators passed the bill 79-18 late Tuesday, after the House overwhelmingly passed it over the weekend.
In an emailed statement to TechCrunch, TikTok said it would challenge the bill in court.
“We believe that the facts and the law are clearly on our side and that we will ultimately prevail,” the statement said. “The fact is that we have invested billions of dollars to protect American data and protect our platform from outside influence and manipulation. This ban would devastate 7 million businesses and silence 170 million Americans. »
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