Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate will review and amend a proposed bill that could ban TikTok before considering it for a vote.
Though the House rushed through a vote on the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act last week, passing the bill in a bipartisan 352–65 vote, key senators from both sides of the aisle say the bill requires further review and modification to be accepted as law.
A key point of contention is the fact that the legislation explicitly targets TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, which is incorporated in the Cayman Islands but headquartered in Beijing.
Many in the Senate believe that this is unnecessary, and may jeopardize the legality of the proposed bill….
