Congress

• Firearms enthusiast Brandon Herrera has a great chance to become the first YouTuber in Congress
• The “divest or ban” TikTok bill has passed. Now the legal battle begins.

  Now that Congress has passed the "divest or ban" TikTok bill and President Biden has signed it, a legal fight will commence.

  
• Congress has a new plan to regulate TikTok: It wants ByteDance to divest its popular video app

  A bipartisan proposal introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would force ByteDance to divest TikTok.

  
• Congress is putting off its plan to regulate TikTok until 2024 (but GOP hopefuls still have takes)

  As Republicans like Nikki Haley continue to call out TikTok, Senator Maria Cantwell told Reuters that plans for regulation have been delayed.

  
• The CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, and Discord are coming to D.C. to discuss child safety
• In front of Congress, TikTok’s CEO was a pariah. In China, he’s a hero.
• Here are three big takeaways from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Congressional testimony
• TikTok is sending influencers to Washington, D.C. to lobby on its behalf
• The Senate’s anti-TikTok proposal has Presidential support. Say hello to the RESTRICT Act.
• Will the U.S. ban TikTok? The app’s CEO will plead his case.
• YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter have become proxy battlegrounds in the war over January 6
• TikTok’s COO appeared in front of Congress. Her testimony left many questions unanswered.