Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon.
President Joe Biden has signed the bill that starts the countdown timer giving China's Byte Dance 270 days to sell TikTok or have the app banned in the U.S. The president can extend the clock to one year if he feels that it is necessary to finalize the acquisition of the short-form video platform. Last night, the U.S. Senate voted to send the bill to the White House to be signed by the president., the bill that could result in the banning of TikTok in the U.S.
The bill would give TikTok owner ByteDance, a company headquartered in China, 270 days to sell TikTok although the president would have the discretion to extend that time period to one year if he feels that a deal is close. If ByteDance cannot find a buyer within the 270 day/1-year timeframe, the app would be banned in the U.S. TikTok is extremely popular and the short-form social media platform has over 170 million users in the U.S.
U.S. lawmakers fear that ByteDance could be forced by the Chinese Communist Party to turn over personal data belonging to U.S. users to the CCP and spy on its U.S. subscribers. There is also concern that TikTok could be used to spread CCP propaganda to American youngsters. TikTok says that once the bill is signed into law, it will fight the ban in court.For now, U.S. lawmakers are celebrating. Just before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, said,"Finally, finally, finally.
Some legal experts believe that the First Amendment might save TikTok. Nadine Farid Johnson, policy director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, said, "Longstanding Supreme Court precedent protects Americans' First Amendment right to access information, ideas, and media from abroad. By banning TikTok, the bill would infringe on this right, and with no real pay-off.
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