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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."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to block a law intended to force the sale of the short ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 .
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 ...
By Andrew Chung and David Shepardson. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block a ...