US Senators Pass TikTok Ban Bill, Only President's Signature

US Senators passed the Bill on the prohibition of using TikTok (photo: Pixabay)

JAKARTA - After being revised, the US Senator finally passed a draft foreign aid package law, including a ban on the use of TikTok in the US if ByteDance doesn't sell it within a year.

The senators passed the bill with a result of 79-18 on Tuesday, April 22, after the US House of Representatives passed it in a majority vote last weekend.

Thus, this bill will be submitted to the White House to be signed by President Joe Biden to make this bill a law.

"I will sign this bill into law and deliver a speech to the American people as soon as the bill comes to my table tomorrow so we can start sending weapons and equipment to Ukraine this week," Biden wrote on the official White House website.

Biden also expressed his gratitude to Schumer Leaders, McConnell Leaders, and all bipartisan lawmakers in the Senate who voted for the bill.

"This important law will make our nation and world safer because we support our friends who defend themselves against terrorists such as Hamas and Tirank like Putin," he concluded.

Apart from that, before the Senate passed the bill, US President Joe Biden had already stated his intention to sign the bill into law if it had been approved by the Senate.

On the other hand, TikTok reiterates its concerns regarding the issue of free speech regarding a bill passed by the House of Representatives which would ban the popular social media app in the US if its owner, ByteDance from China, did not sell his shares within a year.