What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war criticsThe White House rightly said it was “concerning” when Israel’s parliament laid the groundwork to shut down Al Jazeera within its borders in April. On Sunday, Israel made its move. The Foreign Press Association called it a “dark day for democracy”.If the White House remains concerned, it has a strange way of showing it. Joe Biden and his administration have supported and encouraged recent censorial laws and court cases...
The creators have argued that the law regulates speech by singling out and effectively banning a medium of communication - in this case TikTok.
ByteDance argues that the U.S. government requirement to sell TikTok or face a ban in the U.S. is “obviously unconstitutional." The post TikTok, Byte Dance Sue U.S. to Stop Law That Could Lead to Ban on Popular App TikTok first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
The TikTok Ban Is The Next Patriot Act Authored by Aaron Sobczak via The Mises Institute, HR 7521, called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, is a recent development in American politics. TikTok has been in the news for the past few years, after the public became aware of its connections to China. The popular social media mobile app is currently owned by ByteDance Ltd, a Chinese company. China and the United States currently have a rocky...
According to Gallup, Generation Z is the gayest generation ever. While just 2% of baby boomers currently identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, and just 7.6% of all adults do the same, an eye-popping 22.3% of Gen Z claim an LGBT identity. The next highest number is millennials at just 9.8%. What is going […]
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have taken legal action against the U.S. government following Congress and President Biden’s enactment of a recent law. This law mandates TikTok to sell its operations within nine months or face expulsion from U.S. app stores. TikTok argues that this legislation infringes upon its constitutional rights, particularly the First […] The post TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban first appeared on The Source.
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, has sued the U.S. government to block the ban. ByteDance argues that the ban law violates users' First Amendment rights.
TikTok sued to block the law that would force the application to be divested from its Chinese-based parent company ByteDance or be banned from the U.S.
TikTok sued to block the law that would force the application to be divested from its Chinese-based parent company ByteDance or be banned from the U.S.
A wide majority of respondents say the Chinese-owned social media app should be blocked in the EU.
In the last week of April, Congress passed, and President Biden signed, a law banning TikTok in the United States if its parent company, ByteDance, did not sell it to an American company within 12 months. The New York Times Senior writer David Leonhardt provides a good summary of why this bill was passed. It is a More