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    TikTok ban expected to become law, but it's not so simple. What's next?

    The Senate is poised to pass the bill the House advanced over the weekend. President Biden is set to sign it. From there, TikTok says the battle will move to the courts.
    by Bobby Allyn Apr 22, 2024 3 minutes

    Legislation forcing TikTok to be sold, or face a nationwide ban, is moving rapidly through Congress and is expected to become law this week.

    Nobody anticipates that the app will disappear any time soon, but the measure has set off alarms inside TikTok, which is, yet again, preparing to go to court to fight for its existence in the U.S.

    What happened?

    On Saturday, the House a measure giving ByteDance, TikTok's China- based owner, up to a year to divest from the hit video-sharing app or

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