Biden: I'll Sign TikTok Crackdown Measure

President Joe Biden said he would sign legislation that gives China's ByteDance about six months to divest the popular TikTok short video app as his rival Donald Trump raised concerns about a ban on the service used by 170 million Americans, as reported by David Shepardson and Nandita Bose for Reuters.

The bill faces an uncertain outcome in the Senate, where some lawmakers say they want changes to the legislation. I Photo: Cameron Smith, The White House Flickr

The US House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week on the TikTok crackdown bill after a committee on Thursday unanimously approved the measure.

The House will vote on the proposal under rules requiring two-thirds of members to vote "yes" to win approval.

"If they pass it, I'll sign it," Biden, a Democrat, told reporters. The bill faces an uncertain outcome in the Senate, where some lawmakers say they want changes to the legislation.

The Justice Department told the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that a divestiture bill, rather than a bill banning TikTok, would put the government in a stronger legal position, according to a document seen by Reuters.

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