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Libs of TikTok also created a legal defense fund and encouraged her supporters to donate to the fund. [125] Libs of TikTok said that the suspension was "the result of a targeted harassment campaign from the Left to deplatform me", adding that "The truth is I haven't engaged in hateful conduct.
DeSantis also signed another TikTok ban, approving HB 379 on May 9 to prohibit students and teachers from using TikTok on district-owned devices in public schools, as well as block anyone from ...
The result was that TikTok owner ByteDance—which initially planned on selling a small portion of TikTok to an American company—agreed to divest TikTok to prevent a ban in the United States and in other countries where restrictions are also being considered due to privacy concerns, which themselves are mostly related to its ownership by a ...
"The voices of over 170 million Americans here in the U.S. and around the world will be silenced on Jan. 19, 2025, unless the TikTok ban is halted." More: Will TikTok be banned?
TikTok's lawyers told the court that a ban would have a "staggering" impact on the free speech of its US users, and creators opposing the law also voiced concerns about its impact on their work.
TikTok has plans for another appeal as it faces a ban on January 19. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a temporary pause on the ban of TikTok, calling such a block “unwarranted ...
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [124] The review is expected to ban TikTok on all official government devices. It has been reported that some politicians are using burner phones due to the ban. [125] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [126]
The law specifies that, in the absence of a “qualified divestiture” by ByteDance, the TikTok ban will go into effect 270 days (nine months) after its enactment — which would be Jan. 19, 2025.