{"id":2230268,"date":"2024-04-25T16:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T20:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-company-bytedance-appears-to-ignore-threat-of-u-s-ban-says-it-has-no-plans-to-sell-tiktok-report\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T16:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T20:28:44","slug":"chinese-company-bytedance-appears-to-ignore-threat-of-u-s-ban-says-it-has-no-plans-to-sell-tiktok-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-company-bytedance-appears-to-ignore-threat-of-u-s-ban-says-it-has-no-plans-to-sell-tiktok-report\/","title":{"rendered":"ByteDance, a Chinese company, appears unfazed by the U.S. ban threat, stating it has no intentions to sell TikTok, as per reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-company-bytedance-appears-to-ignore-threat-of-u-s-ban-says-it-has-no-plans-to-sell-tiktok-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The news platform Toutiao revealed that ByteDance, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">parent company<\/a> of TikTok, has refused \u200bto\u2064 sell TikTok despite Congress&#8217;s ultimatum. President Biden\u200b signed the bill, triggering TikTok&#8217;s vow to \u2062challenge the\u200d law in court. Despite the ban threat, Biden&#8217;s \u200dcampaign \u2063continues to utilize TikTok. Senator Rubio has long criticized TikTok for its\u200b alleged Chinese Communist Party ties. Toutiao reported ByteDance&#8217;s decision not to sell TikTok amid Congress&#8217;s demand. President Biden&#8217;s approval led to TikTok&#8217;s plan to\u2064 contest the law. Despite the ban risk, \u2063Biden&#8217;s campaign still uses TikTok. Senator Rubio has\u2063 criticized TikTok over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-wsj-interview-ag-barr-says-no-cia-misconduct-in-trump-russia-spying\/\" title=\"In WSJ Interview AG Barr Says \u201cNo CIA Misconduct\u201d in Trump Russia Spying\">alleged ties<\/a> to the Chinese Communist Party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Toutaio, a news and information content platform that is a core product of the Chinese company ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, ByteDance has no plans to sell TikTok.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last weekend, Congress passed a measure that gave ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok or it will be banned in the United States. If a sale is in progress during those nine months, an additional three months would be added. On Wednesday, President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/04\/24\/biden-signs-israel-ukraine-tiktok-bill-into-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a> the measure into law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cForeign media reports that ByteDance is exploring the sale of TikTok are untrue. ByteDance has no plans to sell TikTok,\u201d Toutaio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toutiao.com\/article\/7361817898732536359\/?wid=1714059077114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">TikTok had responded to Biden signing the bill with a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TikTokPolicy\/status\/1783149300471525637\">statement<\/a> on X:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court. We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail. The fact is, we have invested billions of dollars to keep U.S. data safe and our platform free from outside influence and manipulation. This ban would devastate seven million businesses and silence 170 million Americans.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the fact that Biden signed the measure into law, his reelection campaign informed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/04\/24\/biden-signs-israel-ukraine-tiktok-bill-into-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> Wednesday that it still uses TikTok to appeal to voters for another year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), an outspoken critic of TikTok who has been fighting against its influence for years, called for a Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review of TikTok back in 2019. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/rubio-in-2019-communist-china-will-use-tiktok-against-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>For years, we\u2019ve allowed the Chinese Communist Party to control one of the most popular apps in America. That was dangerously shortsighted, but thankfully we are waking up to the threat China-controlled companies pose to America. We must move more quickly in the future when we encounter similar threats, because China won\u2019t give up. There will be lawsuits, new apps, and new plots from Beijing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rubio said in an August 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/08\/as-tiktok-comes-for-american-businesses-its-past-time-to-ban-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece<\/a>, \u201cTikTok\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/think-again-rubio-warns-americans-against-tiktok-wants-it-banned\/\" title=\"Rubio urges Americans to reconsider TikTok, calls for ban.\">public-policy chief blatantly lied<\/a> under oath when he denied US data is stored in China. \u2026 ByteDance, TikTok\u2019s China-based parent company, was caught in October using the app to spy on American journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rubio noted that The New York Times reported TikTok stores Americans\u2019 private information, which includes driver\u2019s licenses, addresses, and device IDs, in China, where they can be accessed by ByteDance employees. He also pointed out that Forbes revealed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-senate-republicans-demand-justice-department-probe-into-tax-disclosures\/\" title=\"Top Senate Republicans Demand Justice Department Probe Into Tax Disclosures\">tax information<\/a> and Social Security numbers of content creators on TikTok are also stored in China.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714148549579000&#038;usg=AOvVaw057RcQatfHxkfOmabs1tZN\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cChina\u2019s totalitarian regime hates the United States and is bent on displacing us as the world\u2019s greatest power,\u201d Rubio wrote. \u201cIf TikTok users believe their sensitive data are safe in Beijing\u2019s hands \u2014 that Beijing wouldn\u2019t use those data to influence, coerce, extort or spy on them in the case of a geopolitical conflict\u00ad\u00ad \u2014 they need to think again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Related<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/think-again-rubio-warns-americans-against-tiktok-wants-it-banned\">\u2018Think Again\u2019: Rubio Warns Americans Against TikTok, Wants It Banned<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toutiao, a core product of ByteDance, stated that the company has no plans to sell TikTok. Following Congress&#8217;s decision, ByteDance faces a nine-month ultimatum to sell TikTok or face a ban in the U.S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2230269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1257684758-scaled-e1689259324437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1257684758-scaled-e1689259324437.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}