TikTok would stop functioning if the firm's U.S.-based hosting companies stopped providing services. However, the social media giant could establish partnerships with hosting companies outside the U.S., putting them out of reach of U.S. enforcement – in theory, at least. Such a move wo...
On Friday, TikTok said it would be “forced to go dark” on Jan. 19 unless it received a “definitive statement” from the outgoing Biden administration that the app’s tech partners won’t be penalized under the law, which bans the app in the U.S. as of Sunday unless China-based pa...
Its unclear how much the government-wide TikTok ban might impact the company. Oberwetter, the TikTok spokesperson, said it has “no way” of knowing whether its users are government employees. Article content The company, though, has questioned the bans, saying it has not been given an opport...
Schools in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma have made the app off limits on university computers and campus Wi-Fi, in compliance with state government bans.
What does tiktok say? Its unclear how much the government-wide TikTok ban might impact the company. Oberwetter, the TikTok spokesperson, said it has "no way" of knowing whether its users are government employees. The company, though, has questioned the bans, saying it has not been given an...
Every month about 150 million Americans use TikTok, a social media app that was developed in China. And that has security experts and lawmakers worried, because of how user data might be accessed by the Chinese Communist Party. Correspondent David Pogue
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones.
TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday.
The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it will ban Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat from U.S. app stores on Sunday and will bar the apps from accessing essential internet services in the U.S. — a move that could effectively wreck the operation of both
A powerful House committee advanced a bill on Thursday that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok on all electronic devices, renewing lawmakers’ challenge to one of the world’s most popular social media apps and highlighting unresolved fears that TikTok may pose a Chinese government spy...