14 March 2024 - House passes bill that could lead to US ban of TikTok
What to Know About the TikTok Bill That the House Passed
David McCabe and Sapna Maheshwari (The New York Times, 13/03/2024)
House lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation meant to force ByteDance, the Chinese internet company, to sell its wildly popular social media app TikTok.
Wait, is America actually banning TikTok now?
Brian Fung (CNN, 13/03/2024)
House lawmakers are moving with dizzying speed with a plan that could ban TikTok from the United States. In the span of two days this week, a key House committee introduced and approved a bill targeting TikTok. The full House is set to vote on it as early as next week, and the White House says President Joe Biden is prepared to sign it.
The House Sends China a TikTok Post
Editorial Board (Wall Street Journal, 13/03/2024)
Well, you don’t see that every day. We mean Wednesday’s overwhelming House vote, 352-65, to require TikTok to sever ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or face a U.S. ban.
It’s Just an App. America won’t miss TikTok.
Kate Lindsay (The Atlantic, 13/03/2024)
In 2019, I had full-blown app fatigue. My scrolling time was dominated by Instagram and Twitter, my idle hours by YouTube, and on top of that I was still checking Facebook, Snapchat, and whatever buzzy platform my friends were touting that week.