Is TikTok going to be banned?
by MYHIGHPLAINS
MYHIGHPLAINS— Efforts to ban TikTok in the U.S. have been revived and could get a vote in Congress as early as Saturday but those opposed say that’s a violation of Americans’ free speech rights.
WCVB—When TikTok ban would go into effect, how it would be enforced. Some social media content creators say a TikTok ban would be devastating, but U.S. lawmakers are concerned the Chinese government could gain access to American users' data through the app.
NBC News—TikTok creators react to Biden signing ban-or-sell law: ‘We don’t want a TikTok ban’. TikTok creators weren’t surprised to hear that President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban, but they’re close to unanimous in their belief that the federal government is wrong to push the legislation forward. For almost four years, since July 2020, a potential TikTok ban has been under consideration by members of the federal government. A bipartisan bill to ban TikTok in the U.S. was first proposed in December 2022, and the version that was just signed into law has...
ETtech.com—'We aren't going anywhere': TikTok to fight US ban law in courts. TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the Chinese government.The legislation gives TikTok nine months to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market.US and other Western officials have alleged the social media platform allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. It has 170 million users in the United States alone, many of...