The U.S. Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to sell the social media platform or face a ban from U.S. app stores.
The TikTok ultimatum was included in a larger package of legislation that provides foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel. House Republicans made this decision last week to help expedite the TikTok bill’s passage in Congress after earlier discussions had stalled. The combined package was passed 79-18.
The revised TikTok bill gives ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok to another company outside of China, plus a…
