Rubio, a Florida Republican, explained that the algorithm at the root of TikTok is owned by the company ByteDance, where it must remain under Chinese law. Because that algorithm relies upon access to the data, h
TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, and the company is required to turn over any data and information they collect to the Chinese government at a moment's notice. Therefore, your data can be shared with the Chinese government and used to spy on you or spread misinformation abou...
The government isn’t buying the argument that this is a free speech issue. “All of the same speech that’s happening on TikTok could happen post-divestiture,” Elizabeth Prelogar, the solicitor general, says. “All the act is doing is trying to surgically remove the ability of foreign ad...
Now the US government is considering banning(禁止) TikTok. Some US users share their opin ions on the possible ban.Han a Schwarz. I think it's funny. They are trying to stop us from using TikTok, but many other so-cial medi a websites are doing similar things. _ 17 But in my ...
The Chinese government and TikTok have consistently denied the allegations, with the platform refusing to sell its US operations. The platform's lawyers argue that a ban would violate free speech rights for its 170 million US users. Are US TikTok users moving to any other social media platfor...
On today’s episode ofDecoder,Vergeeditors Alex Heath and Sarah Jeong join me to discuss the lawsuit TikTokfiled last weekagainst the US government in response to the divest-or-ban bill. One reason I wanted to have both Alex and Sarah on here is that there’s a lot of back and forth ...
The future of a national ban is uncertain, but several states have implemented restrictions on TikTok. In 2023, Montana enacted a statewide ban (although its legality is currently being challenged in the courts). More than 30 states have barred TikTok from government-owned smart devices over data...
Lawmakers from both parties have repeatedlyexpressed concernsthat TikTok could be forced to hand over the data it collects on millions of American users to the Chinese government, which could in turn use it for espionage purposes. They have also warned that the app could be used to spread propa...
While much is made of TikTok’s connections to the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, that’s much less important, legally speaking, than many observers believe. Being controlled or owned by a hostile foreign government does not strip media operations of free speech protections und...
But lawmakers in the United States and other countries have warned that the Chinese government could use TikTok to access data about its users such as location and browsing histories. Officials in Washington say they are also concerned that China could use TikTok to spread false information among ...