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TikTok filed a widely expected lawsuit Tuesday seeking a court order to prevent the U.S. from enforcing a ban on the social app after President Biden signed the legislation last month. The ...
TikTok sued Tuesday to block a US law that could force a nationwide ban of the popular app, following through on legal threats the company issued after President Joe Biden signed the legislation ...
April 24, 2024 at 8:23 AM. President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban, escalating a massive threat to the company’s US operations. Congress had passed ...
TikTok has called the legislation an "unconstitutional ban" and affront to the US right to free speech. "We are confident and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts," said TikTok boss ...
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act ( S. 3455) 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.
Restrictions on TikTok in the United States. In April 2024, US president Joe Biden signed into law the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which is an effective ban or forced sale of TikTok from its parent company ByteDance. The video-sharing platform had sparked concerns over potential user data collection ...
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. 15, 2025.
India's TikTok ban might have cost the app 15 million new users. 2020 ban [ edit ] TikTok, along with 58 other Chinese-created apps, [22] was banned completely in India by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on 29 June 2020, with a statement saying they were "prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of ...