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...
The US government alleges TikTok allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. It also says TikTok is a conduit to spread propaganda. China and the company strongly deny these claims. TikTok has until January to find a buyer or face the ban, which would likely provoke a strong response...
The lawsuit says the creators “rely on TikTok to express themselves, learn, advocate for causes, share opinions, create communities, and even make a living.”
TikTokand Chinese parent ByteDance were told in April they had until January next year to divest TikTok in the US or face the prospect of the app being banned in the country. Legislation, signed by President Joe Biden, gives the US government the power to demand such sales on national secur...
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 opportunity to answer...
structure, suggesting it could potentially grant the Chinese government access to American users' data—a claim flatly refuted by TikTok. While supporters of the potential ban say it is necessary in order to mitigate national security risks the app poses due to China-based ByteDance. TikTok ...
The US government is trying to ban TikTok over its relationships with China and its parent company, ByteDance. Bills like the RESTRICT Act are also gaining legislative momentum.
TikTok had proposed to address those concerns withan extensive oversight regime that it called Project Texas, which would have put Oracle in charge of its US infrastructure and given the US government extensive veto power over the platform. The White House ultimatelyrejected thatas unworkable. ...
Will the US ban TikTok? Under a document released at the same time, the pair committed to giving the US government power - described as a "kill switch" to suspend TikTok in the country if it failed to adhere to a series of national security and data commitments. ...
But Enberg warned a ban would significantly disrupt the social media landscape, benefiting Meta, YouTube, and Snap while harming content creators and small businesses dependent on TikTok. Gautam Hans, professor at Cornell Law School, said the judges treated the government's national security argument...