President Biden signed a bill that could ban TikTok within a year into law. The potential ban based on divestment of the app is now in effect, forcing parent company ByteDance to take action sooner than later. The House combined the TikTok legislation, which altered the divestment timeframe from six months to nine months, with foreign aid for U.S. allies. This tactic essentially forced the Senate to consider both measures simultaneously, pushing its signing forward faster. This then leaves the uncertainty of how China might react and whether it would permit ByteDance to offload TikTok, given the company plans to fight the law in court. (The Verge, AP News)
📊 YPulse data: 72% of 13-17 and 73% of 18-24-year-olds use TikTok
