Hong Kong— The U.S. and Canada both issued orders this weekbanning the use of TikTokon government-issued mobile devices amid growing privacy and cybersecurity concerns about the Chinese-owned video-sharing app. TikTok, owned by the larger tech company Bytedance, has long maintained that it doe...
On August 6, Trump issued an executive order banning TikTok from operating in the U.S. within 45 days, unless its parent company sells it off. The app, the order claims, “captures vast swaths of information from its users,” which “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access ...
Montana was the first U.S. state to pass legislation banning TikTok on all personal devices. The bill was to go into effect in January 2024, but a federal judge temporarily blocked the ban in November 2023, saying it likely violated the First Amendment. The law would have prevented the app...
TikTok argues that the law unfairly targets it in particular, rather than applying the same standards to all companies with foreign ownership. It claims that banning TikTok would violate constitutional protections against bills of attainder (laws that single out specific individuals or groups for punish...
July 2020 –After various governments moved to ban TikTok on official devices, then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the U.S. was considering banning TikTok entirely. President Trump then reinforces this, noting that he’s considering banning TikTok in the U.S. in retaliation for the...
"A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, this means you can't use TikTok for now," the message went on. "We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!
No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular
“But banning one social media platform used by millions of people around the world is not the solution. Instead, we need Congress to pass laws that protect our privacy in the first place.” Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, ...
事实上,由于两党法案的通过,哪怕TikTok强调自己在确保国家安全、数据安全和内容操纵方面尽可能透明来降低风险,法院依旧可以表示相信政府的意见。挑战禁令的难度,与原先面对美国外国投资委员会(CIFIUS)审查的难度,早已不可同日而语。 法院判决书有关宪法第...
Steven Mnuchin, who served as US treasury secretary under Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, has said he is interested in acquiring TikTok and has assembled a group of investors. Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter, came ...