In recent developments, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a significant bill targeting TikTok. This legislative move, propelled by bipartisan support, compels ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to divest its interests in the app or face a complete ban from U.S. app stores within a year.
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In a significant legislative move, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill imposing one of the nation’s most stringent social media restrictions for minors. This new law, set to take effect on January 1, 2025, prohibits children under 14 from creating social media accounts and mandates parental consent for those aged 14 and 15.
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Despite this aura of levity that the general population has of the app, this rise has always been closely eyed by U.S. lawmakers. The main issue for officials is the massive amount of data on the U.S. population that the app has stored, and whose hands this data might fall into.
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