President Biden Signs Bill 'Banning' TikTok Into Law

Today President Biden has signed H.R. 8038 into law, a foreign aid package that provides assistance for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, but also includes a provision that will force ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok.

Referred to as the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act", this section of H.R. 8038 aims to block any foreign adversary controlled application, not just TikTok. It was passed by the House on April 20, 2024 and by the Senate yesterday (April 23, 2024).

Here's a look at the actual legislation...

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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS.

(a) In General.—

(1) PROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS.—It shall be unlawful for an entity to distribute, maintain, or update (or enable the distribution, maintenance, or updating of) a foreign adversary controlled application by carrying out, within the land or maritime borders of the United States, any of the ...