According to Al Jazeera, the US Senate on Tuesday adopted a bill that would have prohibited the video-sharing software TikTok unless it separated from its Chinese parent firm, ByteDance.
Although it is anticipated that the bill will be contested in court, this action permits US President Joe Biden to sign it into law.
The idea was part of a bigger $95 billion foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine, and it would have given ByteDance nine months to market the platform.
The House of Representatives cleared the package on Saturday by a bipartisan vote of 360-58, while the Senate voted 79-18 to support it.
The vote comes after Congress approved the reauthorization of a contentious program that permits the unwarranted monitoring of US citizens’ communications.
