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President Trump signed an executive order on Monday seeking to hit pause on a law banning TikTok and to provide a liability shield to business partners of the popular video app, NPR reported. According to the order, the law will be paused for 75 days and companies that work with TikTok will not be liable for doing so. The text
TikTok has announced that, after going away for about half a day, it’s service is coming back on in the US. The Verge reported. The company posted on X that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President Trump for “providing the necessary clarity to do so.” TikTok wrote: “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is
Donald Trump has said he will “most likely” will give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a ban that is due to take effect on Sunday, on the eve of his swearing-in as the 47th U.S. president, BBC reported. Trump told NBC News an announcement on the matter would probably come on Monday once he takes office. It comes after the
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law that threatens to shut down the widely popular TikTok social media platform in the US as soon as Sunday, ruling that free speech rights must yield to concerns that the Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk, Bloomberg reported. The high court said Friday Congress’ “well-supported” concerns about Chinese data collection
TikTok reportedly plans to shut down its app for U.S. users on Sunday, so long as Biden administration law forcing the company to sell itself is not stopped by the Supreme Court or Congress, Gizmodo reported. Technically speaking, TikTok could continue to function for users who already have the app installed. Using TikTok would not be illegal, but service providers
Albania on Saturday announced a one-year ban on TikTok, the popular short video app, following the killing of a teenager last month that raised fears over the influence of social media on children, Reuters reported. The ban, part of a broader plan to make schools safer, will come into effect early next year, Prime Minister Edi Rama said after meeting
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court confirmed it would review whether a federal law that could ban or force a sale of TikTok is unconstitutional, ArsTechnica reported. The announcement came just one day after TikTok and its owner ByteDance petitioned SCOTUS for a temporary injunction to halt the ban until the high court could consider what TikTok claimed is “a massive