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On March 17, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officially launched an investigation of TikTok, including allegations that the company spied on American journalists. [ 9] On January 25, 2023, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill to ban the platform nationwide.
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act is a United States federal law that prohibits the use of TikTok on all federal government devices. [ 1] Originally introduced as a stand-alone bill in 2020, it was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 on December 29, 2022, by President Joe Biden. [ 2]
On Wednesday, President Biden signed the TikTok bill into law. The measure was tied to $95.3 billion emergency aid to … Here’s what the new law means for users of the popular short-form video app.
In a statement, a TikTok spokesperson called the law “unconstitutional” and said it “would devastate” the platform’s 170 million US users and 7 million businesses that operate on the app.
TikTok made good on its promise to challenge a new law signed by President Joe Biden that could result in a ban of the video app in the US.. The company, a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant ...
In March 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R.7521, which would effectively ban TikTok unless it is divested from ByteDance within 180 days of the bill becoming a law, with U.S. president Joe Biden agreeing to sign it if the bill passed the US Senate. [97]
TikTok has vowed to challenge in court a new law that could result in a ban of the video app in the US, calling the bill "unconstitutional." But the social media giant could find that it is on ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance on Thursday urged a U.S. court to strike down a law they say will ban the popular short video app in the United States on Jan. 19, saying ...