Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is calling on President Joe Biden to delay a ban on TikTok that could go into effect in the coming days. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.
The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.
With the TikTok ban set to hit the U.S. on Sunday, some government officials are working to avert it. Here's the latest.
The Supreme Court said it may announce opinions on Friday, a last-minute addition that comes just two days before a law that would ban TikTok is set to go into effect.
The Supreme Court issued a major blow to freedom of expression online today by refusing to block legislation that will effectively
Today’s the day or sort of the day. It’s the US Supreme Court’s last chance to rule on the TikTok ban. The social media company’s chances with the justices were never good. Its First Amendment argument was thin, at best.
Thousands of TikTok users have flocked to another Chinese social media application, RedNote, as the U S Supreme Court considers a case that could ban the platform in the United States over national
To many people, the TikTok ban saga might seem practically concluded. President Donald Trump signed an executive order refusing to enforce the law behind it, and after a brief shutdown, the service remains solidly online in the US.
TikTok went offline late Saturday night, but returned Sunday morning after assurances from the then-incoming President that he would “issue an executive order” immediately after taking office to grant an extension on the ban, adding that “there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.”
The popular social media app TikTok went dark for its 170 million American users on Jan. 19, after months of fighting the federal government’s demand that it separate from its China-based parent company,
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the TikTok ban, and Trump has issued a statement regarding the matter.
The law gives the president the option to extend the ban by 90 days, but triggering the extension requires evidence that parties working on purchasing have made significant progress, including binding legal agreements for such a deal — and TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, hasn’t publicly updated its stance that the app is not for sale.