This legislative proposal aims to modify the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act , which established a requirement for certain foreign adversary-controlled applications to be divested or face a ban. Specifically, the bill seeks to extend the timeframe within which the social media platform TikTok must be sold to a non-foreign adversary entity. The proposed amendment would change the existing divestiture deadline from 270 days to a new period of 540 days. This extension is intended to provide additional time for a potential sale, thereby delaying the implementation of a ban on the application in the United States.
This legislative proposal aims to modify the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act , which established a requirement for certain foreign adversary-controlled applications to be divested or face a ban. Specifically, the bill seeks to extend the timeframe within which the social media platform TikTok must be sold to a non-foreign adversary entity. The proposed amendment would change the existing divestiture deadline from 270 days to a new period of 540 days. This extension is intended to provide additional time for a potential sale, thereby delaying the implementation of a ban on the application in the United States.