A battered TikTok enters an age of chaos as a ban awaits
The video app that once styled itself a joyful politics-free zone is now bracing for a nationwide ban and pinning its hopes on President-elect Donald Trump.
Donald Trump Says He Will ‘Most Likely’ Give TikTok 90 More Days to Avoid U.S. Ban Once in Office: ‘We Have to Look at it Carefully’
Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban
What's Trump's stance on a TikTok ban? Here's his history with the app
Opinion
How the United States Learned to Love Internet Censorship
America was once seen as the home of the free internet. That era is now over.
As TikTok battles for existence in US, CEO Shou Chew thanks President Donald Trump for ‘commitment’ | Watch viral video
TikTok CEO Shou Chew posted a video message to user in the US and thanked Donald Trump after the US Supreme Court upheld a law potentially shutting down the platform due to alleged national security concerns over its Chinese ownership.
Biden or Trump can still rescue TikTok - here's how
Trump is seeking to protect TikTok from a new law that gives parent ByteDance until Sunday to sell the app to an American buyer or be banned in the U.S.
Supreme Court says TikTok can be banned in the US, leaving its future in limbo
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app’s owners that claimed the ban violated the First Amendment.
The TikTok ban isn’t about national security — it’s censorship and government control
TikTok isn’t the villain here. It’s a symptom of a much larger issue: the lack of clear, enforceable rules for data privacy and security. Instead of banning the app, the government should focus on fixing the system.
The Supreme Court debated cat videos, Cold War censorship and TikTok’s future. Here are 3 takeaways
After nearly three hours of Supreme Court arguments Friday morning, Americans are one step closer to learning whether a TikTok ban will take effect in nine days.
Biden punts the TikTok ban to Trump
The Biden administration says it will leave it to incoming President Donald Trump to figure out how to deal with the mess of the TikTok ban, ABC News reports. “Our position on this has been clear: TikTok should continue to operate under American ownership,
Opinion
Even if TikTok is banned, rivals pose their own dangers to free speech
The case hinges on whether TikTok can convince Justices that such a mandate violates the First Amendment by forcing a foreign-controlled app to sell or shut down. As of Friday, they have not — and the Court has compelled Tik-Tok to be sold or shuttered this weekend.
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TikTok ban makes America look weak
A US ban of TikTok looks likely to come into effect this Sunday, leaving 170 million American users of the app out in the cold, writes.
Massachusetts politicians, TikTok users react to Supreme Court's decision to uphold TikTok ban
A federal appeals court panel unanimously upheld a law on Dec. 6, that could lead to a ban on TikTok, citing national security concerns, as TikTok is owned by Chinese company, ByteDance. On April 24, President Joe Biden signed legislation requiring TikTok parent ByteDance to sell to a U.S. owner within a year or to shut down.