TikTok

Trump Signs EO Seeking To Pause The TikTok Ban for 75 Days

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…

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TikTok

TikTok Is Coming Back Online In the US

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…

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TikTok

Supreme Court Upholds Law That Threatens TikTok Ban

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…

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TikTok

TikTok Plans To Shut Off Its App In the US on January 19

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…

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Albania Bans TikTok For A Year After Killing Of Teenager

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…

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SCOTUS, TikTok

SCOTUS Will Hear A Challenge That Could Lead To TikTok Ban

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…

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