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TikTok will be banned in the United States on Jan. 19, 2025, after a federal appeals court rejected its bid to overturn the ban that President Biden signed in April. The law states that if TikTok ...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that, if approved by the Senate, could force TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the social media platform or face a ban in the U.S.
While the ruling increases the likelihood that TikTok will be banned, it’s not a done deal just yet. Is the case over? TikTok indicated that it plans to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
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 has lost its bid to strike down a law that could result in the platform being banned in the United States. A US appeals court upheld the law in a ruling Friday. Denying TikTok’s argument ...
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [123] 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. [124] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [125]
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.
TikTok and its Chinese parent company are asking the United States government to take a closer look at legislation that could ban the social media platform in the states. Under the Protecting ...