Clock starts on TikTok federal ban as legal battle looms [Video]

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — President Biden signed a foreign aid package into law on Wednesday.

“It’s going to make America safer,” he said.

The law included a provision that forces TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the app or face a ban in the United States.

“Make no mistake, this is a ban,” said Shou Chew, TikTok’s CEO. “A ban on TikTok and a ban on you and your voice.”

Chew responded to the ban in a post to the platform, calling the move an attack on First Amendment rights.

The law gives TikTok’s owner ByteDance nine months to sell the platform, or it could be removed from mobile app stores in the United States.

President Biden could give the company a three-month extension if it can’t find a …