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TikTok faces a shutdown in the US on Sunday.Or maybe it won’t?There’s lots of confusing and contradictory information out there. Here’s what we know.TikTok is shutting down in the US on Sunday.Or maybe TikTok won’t get shut down because either the Supreme Court, or Joe Biden, or Donald Trump will…
Teens say that TikTok has a culture that other apps can’t replace.Many of them became emotionally attached to the community during the pandemic.Some teens are pushing back on the ban by seeking out other Chinese apps.Over the past few weeks, Madeira Semins, 18, has spent a lot of time thinking…
Americans are rushing to download two Chinese social apps, days before a possible TikTok ban.Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 rose to the top spots on the Apple app store rankings on Monday.Both platforms could be subject to the same divest-or-ban law that’s imperiling TikTok.TikTok users are lamenting that the app could “go…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The lawyer for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance offered a warning during Supreme Court arguments over a law that would compel the sale of the short-video app or ban it in the United States: If Congress could do this to TikTok, it…
By Andrew Chung, John Kruzel and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court heard arguments on Friday over the legality of a statute that would ban or force the sale of TikTok by Jan. 19 in the United States in a case that pits free speech rights against national…
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday from TikTok and its China-based owner ByteDance, which is seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that will ban the short-form video app beginning Jan. 19 unless it is divested from ByteDance, due to…
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Three major media companies will ask the U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday to reverse a ruling that blocked the launch of their Venu Sports streaming service, arguing that a district court judge was wrong to halt its planned debut on antitrust grounds. Walt Disney…
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will ban new offshore oil and gas development along most U.S. coastlines, a decision that President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to boost domestic energy production, may find difficult to reverse. The White House said on Monday Biden will use his authority under the…
(Corrects paragraph 5 to remove extraneous ‘not’) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court late on Friday to reject President-elect Donald Trump’s request to delay implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale by…
Ajit Pai urged the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law that could ban TikTok.The TikTok law requires its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest to avoid a US ban.Pai, the FCC chair during Trump’s first term, led efforts against other Chinese tech firms.Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai…
