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App stores are how most people download apps on to their smartphones and tablets, so the ban would stop new users from getting TikTok. It would also mean that people who already had the app would ...
September 16, 2024 at 3:40 PM. TikTok is fighting a law that could see the popular app banned in the US. Gearstd/iStock, Tyler Le/BI. TikTok faces a likely loss in its legal battle against a ...
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.
Federal. Executive Order 14034 ("EO 14034"), "Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries". In January 2020, the United States Army and Navy banned TikTok on government devices after the Defense Department labeled it a security risk. Before the policy change, army recruiters had been using the platform to attract young people.
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [112] 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. [113] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [114]
A bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company to sell the popular social media app or face a ban is speeding through U.S. Congress.. The U.S. House approved the bill today, and ...
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.
September 16, 2024 at 2:53 PM. TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, are challenging a U.S. law that requires them to break ties or face a ban in the U.S. by mid-January. The U.S ...