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In less than one month, TikTok could be banned from app stores throughout the United States. But in a last-minute decision, the Supreme Court agreed to hear out arguments from TikTok and its ...
Why could TikTok be banned in the US? Many government officials have seen TikTok as a national security threat for several years − worried that ByteDance, which is based in Beijing, has access ...
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 ...
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.
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.
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [125] 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. [126] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [127]
TikTok’s American users could have only a few more weeks to enjoy scrolling through their For You Page before the app is banned in the United States starting on January 19, 2025.
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is still attempting to reverse the ruling, and has three potential ways to avoid the nationwide ban. The first is for the US Supreme Court to reverse the decision .