It seems like everyone is trying to ban TikTok.Tweet may have been deleted Why the U.S. wants to ban TikTok TikTok was once an American app named Musical.ly, but Chinese tech company ByteDance bought it in 2017. During the early days of shelter-in-place regulations in the U.S., TikTo...
Supreme Court to hear arguments over law that could ban TikTok in US China says the bans reveal the United States’ insecurities and are an abuse of state power. But they come at a time when Western technology companies, including Airbnb, Yahoo and LinkedIn, have been leaving China or dow...
But if it passes the Senate and is signed into law by President Biden, ByteDance would have six months to sell TikTok before any ban would take effect. How would a TikTok ban work? The most straightforward way for the US to ban TikTok would be to remove it from app stores, such as t...
TikTok's political power Trump's own plan may just backfire on him. Since he announced his intention to ban TikTok, many young people have said that they are even more mobilized to vote against him, calling the proposed ban a "game-changer." This is a great example of TikTok's political...
The White House is giving U.S. federal agencies 30 days to delete Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices amid concerns about security.
President Trump is making good on his controversial promise to ban TikTok in the U.S. Here's why he's banning the massively popular Chinese-owned app.
Some say they are hoping to rebuild communities they had on TikTok, while others say they joined the app out of spite and to undermine the US government’s decision to ban TikTok over concerns that “the Chinese government could use the app to surveil Americans.” ...
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 looks at why plans to limit (or ban ...
Some say they are hoping to rebuild communities they had on TikTok, while others say they joined the app out of spite and to undermine the US government’s decision to ban TikTok over concerns that “the Chinese government could use the app to surveil Americans.”The US Supreme Court is ...
TikTok is worth an estimated $100 billion, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives. And many major US tech companies already face fierce regulatory scrutiny that could prevent them from making such a major acquisition. And while the law would ban TikTok from US app stores, removing the existing...