New legislation making its way through the U.S. Congress has placed a TikTok ban back on the public agenda. The app is already prohibited on government devices in Canada, the government has quietly conducted a national security review, and there are new calls to ban it altogether from the Canadian market. While it might be tempting for some politicians to jump on the bandwagon, a ban would be a mistake. There are legitimate concerns with social media companies, but there simply hasn’t been...
NEW DELHI, (IANS) – As the US House of Representatives passed legislation that could lead to a ban on TikTok that is being used by over 170 million Americans, it was the Indian government which first took the decision to block the Chinese short-video making […]
Influencers are being offered cash to push the Instagram-clone run by the Chinese giant ByteDance. The move could be a bid to dodge a TikTok ban.
Charlotte content creator Jensen Savannah and other social media influencers emphasize the importance of TikTok and the negative impacts banning the app would have.
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press TikTok creators across the country are expressing frustration over a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would lead to a nationwide ban of the app if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake. The proposal is awaiting Senate input. Content creators say a ban would hurt countless
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press TikTok creators across the country are expressing frustration over a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would lead to a nationwide ban of the app if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake. The proposal is awaiting Senate input. Content creators say a ban would hurt countless
TikTok opened a new front in its lobbying campaign against a bill that could effectively ban the app in the United States.
New legislation making its way through the U.S. Congress has placed a TikTok ban back on the public agenda. The bill – which would lead to either a divestiture or ban – has passed the House of Representatives and is now headed to the Senate. On the Canadian front, TikTok is already prohibited on government devices at the federal level alongside some provinces, the government has quietly conducted a national security review, and there are new calls to ban it altogether from the Canadian market....
Rep. Turner (R-Ohio) claims the TikTok bill isn't an outright ban of TikTok. The legislation requires TikTok's Chinese parent company to divest or else be prevented from download and use in the U.S. Advocates claim hundreds of thousands of Americans rely on income either entirely or partly from TikTok and will 'lose their livelihood' if its banned
The Parler app – which was removed by Apple after accusations that it was used to plan and facilitate the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 – is now back in the App Store. The Android version of the social media app has not yet been accepted back into the Google Play Store. The company’s new CEO says that the app’s focus on completely unmoderated posts has now changed, though it’s unclear who actually owns and controls the business now more
TikTok displayed a notification to some U.S. users on Friday, urging them to call their senators and ask them to vote no to a bill that would ban the popular short-form video app if it is not divested from Chinese tech company ByteDance. Tell your Senator how important TikTok is to you. Ask them to vote no on the TikTok ban, the notice said, which allowed users to enter their zip code to locate their senator's phone number. Now, if the Senate votes, the future of creativity and communities...
NBC News is warning its readers that a U.S. ban on TIkTok could "embolden authoritarian censorship"—and using a think tank that has taken more than $100,000 from the Chinese-owned app to do so.