Biden Signs TikTok Ban Into Law, but His Campaign Will Continue Using It

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President Joe Biden signed the TikTok bill into law on Wednesday morning, officially starting the 270-day clock for TikTok’s owner, China-based Bytedance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in American app stores.

Is the US really closer to banning TikTok? Yes. And, also: No.

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TikTok is one step closer to being banned after the US Senate passed a bill that contains a measure to force its owners to sell. President Joe Biden signed the bill.

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Banning TikTok could haunt Biden's reelection campaign

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Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the US Capitol Building on March 13, 2024, in Washington, DC.

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A Chick-fil-A worker who got millions of views with TikToks of her staff meals says the company stopped her from posting. Now she's quit to become a content creator.

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Three images of Miriam Webb in her Chick-fil-A uniform, taken as screenshots from her TikTok. In two of them she is eating a sandwich. In the other she is smiling.
Miriam Webb had posted more than 40 videos of her Chick-fil-A staff meals.

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A woman said her tattoos got her rejected for a job, but experts say personality is far more important

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A woman in a business suit with face tattoos (stock photo).

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TikTok Divest-or-Ban Bill Passes in the Senate

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The U.S. Senate passed the TikTok bill on Tuesday evening in a vote of 79-18.

These 18 senators voted against Ukraine and Israel aid

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Republican Sen. JD Vance and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sens. JD Vance and Bernie Sanders both voted against the foreign aid bill, but for very different reasons.

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Senate passes bill that could ban TikTok in the US

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EU threatens to suspend ‘addictive’ TikTok feature by end of today

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TikTok influencers fear their careers will be destroyed and their work 'deleted forever' as a US ban looms

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There are 170 million Americans on TikTok, and they're stressed about a potential ban.

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