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TikTok returns: The mega-popular social media platform welcomed American users back on Sunday after going dark for less than 24 hours. TikTok assured users that it's in the "process of restoring ...
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.
TikTok got a last-ditch hearing before the US Supreme Court last week, but the justices seemed skeptical of its arguments. And on Friday, they upheld the law. And on Friday, they upheld the law.
Entities that violate this law can be fined by $5,000 per user who was illegally permitted to access or update the app. With TikTok's 170 million users, that would be a maximum of $8.5 billion ...
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act was originally introduced in 2020 by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) and passed the United States Senate by unanimous consent on August 6, 2020. [3] The bill ( S. 1143 ) was reintroduced on April 15, 2021, by Senator Hawley and it passed the Senate by unanimous consent again on December 14, 2022.
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.
How many US TikTok employees are there? TikTok has around 7,000 U.S. employees, according to Reuters . It is uncertain what will happen to those jobs if a U.S. ban were to go into effect.
The law would mandate a ban only on new TikTok downloads on Apple or Google app stores, while existing users could continue using it for some time. Under TikTok's plan, people attempting to open ...