US House passes fresh TikTok ban proposal to Senate

The U.S. House passed bundled bills that would require ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations within 270 days (with a possible 90-day extension) or face a nationwide ban, moving the measure to the Senate where a vote could occur soon and the President has signaled support. The report outlines bipartisan national security concerns over Chinese influence and data access, TikTok’s anticipated First Amendment legal challenge, possible Chinese export-control barriers to divestiture, and broader debate over free speech and consistency across social media platforms.