US app stores will be banned from carrying TikTok in 270 days unless its Chinese owner sells the video-sharing platform after Congress passed a security package that includes measures to counter threats from China.
The Senate on Tuesday voted 79-18 to approve the legislation, firing the starting gun for ByteDance to divest TikTok to avoid the ban. TikTok is expected to bring legal action in an effort to block the legislation after a lobbying campaign failed to dent Congressional support for the bill.
President Joe Biden has pledged to sign the $95bn package passed by the Senate, which includes funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. His team helped draft the TikTok language with members of the House China committee, which introduced the bill last month.