House Passes Potential TikTok Ban Alongside Israel, Ukraine Aid

The bill gives TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance one year to sell the social media outlet to avoid a ban

A group of people stand outside the U.S. Capitol building holding pro-TikTok signs, including a large banner reading "Keep TikTok." Other signs include fill-in-the-blanks with "my _____ thrives on TikTok," with items people have put in that space including art, voice, teaching, and education platform. Other signs read "TikTok helped grow my business."
People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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On Saturday, the House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would require TikTok to be sold to a non-Chinese company. If approved by the Senate and signed into law by the president, it would give TikTok-owner ByteDance one year to sell — if that doesn’t happen, the wildly popular social media video app would be banned in the United States.

The ban was packaged alongside aid for both Israel and Ukraine. Controversy over the Ukraine funding has put pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson and led members of his own party to threaten a vote to remove him from the speakership.

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