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A federal appeals court denied TikTok's petition for the Supreme Court to pause and review legislation that could ban the social media app in the United States. However, a comment from President ...
The Apple App Store and Google Play Store will be prohibited from distributing the app for download and it will be illegal for U.S. internet service providers to host TikTok. Greta Cross is a ...
Lawmakers making allegations against TikTok fail to mention that the United States itself surveils non-US nationals under Section 702 of FISA. [127] The types of data collected by TikTok are also collected by other social media platforms and sold through brokers to private buyers and reportedly government agencies as well, without oversight.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has described the ban as a violation of free expression. In an April video, he stated, "This is a ban, a ban on TikTok and a ban on your voice."
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 first approach would involve signaling to TikTok’s tech partners like Apple — which stand to face fines under the law if it continued to host TikTok on its app store after the deadline ...
In 2020 and 2023, the United States Government tried to ban social media app TikTok. The DATA Act would have banned the selling of non-public personal data to third party buyers. [ 75 ] The RESTRICT Act would allow the United States Secretary of State to review any attempt of a tech company to " sabotage " the United States.
And yes, bosses at private companies and corporations can ban workers from using TikTok on work-issued devices “more easily than the federal government,” J.S. Nelson, a law professor and ...