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The Department of Justice said Wednesday that, if the ban takes effect, it would “not directly prohibit the continued use of TikTok” for the app’s more than 170 million monthly users.
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 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."
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]
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 ...
By David Shepardson. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department late on Wednesday asked a U.S. appeals court to reject an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require ...
The easiest mechanism for the government to enforce a ban would be to prohibit the app stores from making TikTok available to download, said Darrell M. West, a senior fellow at the Brookings ...