TikTok CEO Reacts to Law That Could Ban App: “We Aren’t Going Anywhere”
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Drudge Report— 'We Aren't Going Anywhere' (Second column, 6th story, link) Related stories:TIKTOK forced to sell or face ban
Music Business Worldwide—As President Biden signs law that could ban TikTok, the app’s CEO says: ‘We aren’t going anywhere’. Shou Zi Chew says TikTok will fight the law in court, and the platform will be available in the US in the meantime Source
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...