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Although Trump supported a TikTok ban in his first term as president, ... The law banning TikTok passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, citing national security concerns.
Message displayed to US users on the TikTok app during the shutdown on January 18, 2025. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China.
Congress passed a law that required TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or be removed from the U.S. The popular social media app argues that the ban is illegal and ...
Booker said the TikTok ban was “crammed into, what we often call in Congress, a ‘must-pass bill,’” which is why it passed so quickly. The TikTok ban was part of a $95 billion foreign aid ...
PAFACA was introduced as H.R. 7521 during the 118th United States Congress by representatives Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, [c] following years of various attempts by federal lawmakers to ban TikTok in the country. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives on March 13, 2024. A modified version was passed by the House on ...
TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, 604 U.S. ___ (2025), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok on the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) based on the Freedom of Speech Clause of the First Amendment, the Bill of Attainder Clause of Article One, Section Nine, and the Due Process Clause and Takings ...
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a law requiring TikTok’s parent company to divest from the popular video-sharing platform or face a ban was constitutional, siding with the government in a ...
TikTok also announced this week that it plans to shut down in the U.S. of its own volition on Sunday if the ban is upheld. The company has yet to provide comment since the decision was announced.