Tag Archives: TikTok

The law Congress passed this year to force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled Friday. The order from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals preserves …

Jimmy Williams The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has filed a civil lawsuit against TikTok Inc., ByteDance Ltd., and their affiliates for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of …

Jacob Fischler, Pennsylvania Capital-Star TikTok and its parent company argued Thursday in a federal court in the District of Columbia that the recently enacted law forcing a nationwide ban or sale of the popular platform violates the First Amendment. TikTok Inc., which operates the video-sharing service in the United States, …

Jimmy Williams TikTok is taking a stand against the United States government’s push to force its Chinese owner to sell the app or face a ban, filing a lawsuit aimed at halting enforcement of the bill. In the lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, …

Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder Citing major national security concerns, the U.S. House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that effectively bans TikTok unless the company splits from its Chinese owner ByteDance. The 352-65 vote occurred just a week after lawmakers introduced the bipartisan proposal and days after the powerful House Committee …

Jimmy Willimas The House Energy and Commerce Committee has given unanimous approval to a bill requiring ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to divest the app or face a ban in the U.S. The “Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” addresses national security concerns regarding potential access …

Blair Miller, Daily Montanan Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill Wednesday that is likely to make Montana the first state to ban the popular social media app TikTok and directed executive agencies to stop allowing employees to use any social media apps linked to U.S. foreign adversaries on state-owned devices …

Amid a national debate over whether Congress should ban TikTok, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday posted her first video on the social media platform to make the case for shifting the focus to broad privacy protections for Americans. The New York Democrat’s move follows TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew …

Jacob Fischler, New Jersey Monitor March 23, 2023 A U.S. House panel grilled TikTok’s CEO for more than five hours Thursday over the social media giant’s ties to China, and indicated there may be bipartisan consensus for a national ban on the platform. Members of both parties showed an unusual …

The Biden administration wants TikTok’s Chinese parent company to divest itself of the popular social media platform, or it could face a possible nationwide ban, TikTok confirmed to news outlets this week. The Wall Street Journal said the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) had recently made the divestment …

Ariana Figueroa, Michigan Advance Just like teens, members of Congress are setting up TikTok accounts — even as the popular app is increasingly barred from government devices and heads of federal intelligence agencies raise concerns about data collection and surveillance obtained by a Chinese-owned company. At least 32 members of …

Louisiana Illuminator, Florida Phoenix Attorneys general from 15 states want Apple and Google to increase their age ratings for the social media application TikTok. They have sent letters to the companies’ CEOs that say states have the right to pursue legal action if age ratings for the app aren’t changed. …

The US Senate has once again unanimously voted to ban TikTok from all government-issued phones and other devices. The “No TikTok on Government Devices Act,” introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), was passed via unanimous consent late Wednesday, meaning that no member objected to the bill. The proposal would “prohibit …

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL., on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation that would ban the popular app TikTok from operating within the United States over national security concerns. Rubio’s bill—the Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese Communist Party, or ANTI-SOCIAL CCP …