TikTok Has Dodged the U.S. Ban – For Now. But the Clock Is Ticking. Marked as a national security threat, TikTok was banned by a Supreme Court ruling, shut down and relaunched all in the span of a week. President Trump bought the app a few more months, but its future remains uncer...
TikTok may be facing a crossroads sooner than later, with a divest-or-ban bill getting fast-tracked in Congress. The bill, which would require TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance either to sell the popular social media network or face a ban in the U.S., has been attached to an aid ...
In March 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would effectively ban TikTok in the US,citing national security concerns. The Biden administration expressed support for the legislation. If it becomes law, it will bar TikTok from app marketplaces in the US, unless By...
TikTok, for its part, has denied assertions that it could be used as a tool of the Chinese government. The company has also said it has never shared U.S. user data with Chinese authorities and won’t do so if it’s asked. The bill that would lead to its ban wasrolled into a larg...
Why Does the U.S. Ban TikTok?The U.S. government’s primary concern is TikTok’s alleged ties to the Chinese government via ByteDance, which it claims could use the app to access American user data or influence public opinion. These concerns have driven bipartisan support for action against ...
What will happen to TikTok in the U.S.? What should I do to prepare for a ban? As CNN reports, “The only truly permanent solutions to keep TikTok online appear to be: 1) pass a new law reversing the old one — no easy task, considering that the existing bill had such broad bipa...
The future of TikTok is up in the air. Recently, federal judges on the D.C. circuit upheld the constitutionality ofa bill introduced back in April. This bill would ban the social media platform TikTok in the United States unless TikTok’s parent company,ByteDance, divests from all U.S. ...
This bill is the latest bump in the road in a long period of uncertainty for TikTok employees after former President Trump ordered a ban on TikTok in August 2020 which was subsequently overturned in federal court. If the bill is passed, it would leave business and...
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
Prior to the bill's passage, some lawmakers said it sets a dangerous precedent. A legal challenge is also expected for the new law, as TikTok has sued over previous attempts to ban the platform. What is TikTok doing in response to the potential ban?