The measure, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law today, could block TikTok nationwide if its China-based parent company ByteDance doesn't sell its U.S. operations in nine months.
Many senators had been skeptical of the TikTok crackdown - but not enough to vote against the aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that the House of Representatives had held up for months.
The House lumping the TikTok measure into the foreign military and humanitarian aid bill before sending it to the Senate upped the potential ban's chances of getting to the president's desk fast, worrying California influencers and legislators alike.
"It concerns me deeply," Butler told The Bee on Tuesday of passing the measure without further debate. "I think that there are a number of things that maybe haven't been fully considered..."
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