House Passes Bill To Ban TikTok In US Amid Votes For Foreign Aids: US legislation can be a massive threat to TikTok’s operation in the US as the House has once again passed a nationwide ban against the popular social media app.
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Overview
According to the bill passed previously, TikTok would have roughly six months to sell to American company and failure to do so will lead to the termination of the app from the US app stores and also from internet hosting services that support it.
There have been some subjective changes to this bill. Instead of a six-month deadline for selling the app, TikTok would now have roughly around nine months to come up with a decision to sell the app.
However, the deadline could be extended for a period of 90 days, by US President Joe Biden, given that there’s been a progress towards a sale.
The vote on TikTok by the US House of Representatives held on April 20 ended by 360 to 58 in favor of the revised divest-or-ban legislation on the app. [House Passes Bill To Ban TikTok In US Amid Votes For Foreign Aids ]
If this bill is passed by the US Senate and then signed by President Joe Biden, then it will lead to a potential threat towards total shut down of the popular social media platform in the United States.
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The Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan Aid Bill
The TikTok bill was passes alongside the bill towards aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The Ukraine bill was passed with a vote of 311 to 112 in favor of the aid.
On Saturday, the House passed a $95 billion package which included long-awaited bill with $60.8 billion towards Ukraine aid and $26 billion in aid to Israel.
The Ukraine aid bill comes as a blessing in the time of their crisis due to the country’s war with Russia. Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed the urgent need for supplies and weapons as to continue defending the country from Russian attacks.
The Lawmakers were seen waving Ukrainian flag, with 101 Republicans and 210 Democrats voting in favor while 112 votes against it which also came from the Republicans.
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The Israel bill was also passed with a vote of 366-58, with 193 Republicans and 210 Democrats voting in favor of the bill. [House Passes Bill To Ban TikTok In US Amid Votes For Foreign Aids]
The House also voted to provide $8.12 billion in aid to Taiwan.
These three foreign aids will now be sent to the Senate for its approval. They include an altogether of $95 billion dollar aid package.
Biden also made a statement on this act. He said that the bipartisan group of lawmakers voted to “send a clear message about the power of American leadership on the world stage.”
Senate Minority Leader McConnell also said in a separate statement, “Today’s action moves this critical national security supplemental one step closer to helping America and our friends to meet the most dangerous array of threats in a generation. From the battlefields of Ukraine to the cities and kibbitzes of Israel, and from the Red Sea to the South China Sea, our adversaries are colluding to violently undermine America, our allies, and our global interests.”
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Conclusion
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