The US Congress passed a law last year forcing ByteDance to either sell TikTok or close it by this Jan 19, 2025. Supreme Court is expected to rule this week on TikTok's challenge to the law. [Photo/Agencies] The looming US government ban on TikTok has sparked intense reactions from TikTo...
TikTok faced pushback in a federal court on Monday in its efforts to stop a law that requires the app to divest from its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the United States.
Trump had promised to move fast to save TikTok from the law that was passed overwhelmingly by Congress and signed by president Joe Biden last year. "I guess I have a warm spot for TikTok that I didn't have originally, but ...
TikTok may await a potential repeal of the law that banned the app in the first place. A repeal would require passage in both houses of Congress, landing the measure on Trump's desk for his signature. Congress voted in favor of the ban only nine months ago. In the House of Representativ...
The US House of Representatives is gearing up for a vote on a bill that would force ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to sell the app or face a ban in the country. This move gained traction on Thursday, with...
“Just on the data collection, that seems like a huge concern for the future of the country,” another justice Brett Kavanaugh told TikTok’s lawyer, Noel Francisco.The U.S. Congress has passed a bill and U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law that could ban TikTok in the country in...
TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday.
Congress is considering legislation that does not single out TikTok specifically but gives the Commerce Department the ability more broadly to restrict foreign threats on tech platforms. That bill is being backed by the White House, but it has received pushback from privacy advocates, right-wing co...
The measure was part of a US$95 billion foreign aid package which has now cleared Congress and heads to President Joe Biden's desk. TikTok has 170 million users in the United States alone. The bill, which could trigger the rare step o...
The U.S. Congress has passed a bill and U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law that could ban TikTok in the country in April. The Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act ( the “Act”) is part of a comprehensive foreign aid package providing assistance to ...