The Supreme Court has upheld a new law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. unless its Chinese parent company divests from the very popular video-sharing social media app. The justices said the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" doesn't violate the First
President Joe Biden's administration said it will be up to President-elect Donald Trump to implement the ban on TikTok, which is set to take effect in two days after the Supreme Court upheld the law Friday.
Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, said during an interview on Wednesday that the president-elect is exploring options to “preserve” TikTok.
The Supreme Court has upheld a new ruling that that gives TikTok's parent ByteDance until 19 January to sell to an American buyer or be banned in the US. So how could Donald Trump or President Joe Biden prevent the app from going dark?
Some U.S. lawmakers are advocating for an extension on the deadline for TikTok's Beijing parent company to sell U.S. assets before a ban takes effect.
Biden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States if a ban that’s scheduled to go into effect Sunday proceeds, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
The Supreme Court announced it expects at least one opinion at 10 a.m. on Friday and the last-minute announcement could be related to TikTok's deadline to divest the company or face the ban. President Joe Biden has added another layer of suspense to the controversy as the AP reported that his administration will not enforce any ban while the legal process is played out.
Congress last year in a law signed by President Joe Biden required that TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance divest the company by Jan. 19 or risk getting banned in the U.S.