Washington, United States: Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok, marking one of his first acts in office. The executive order delayed implementation of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which…
TikTok Says It Will ‘Go Dark’ In US
Washington, United States: TikTok says it will “go dark” in the United States on Sunday unless the government provides assurances a new law calling for its ban won’t be used to punish service providers. “Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the…
How TikTok Ban Would Work, Why User Workarounds Won’t
Social media app TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, will be banned in the United States on Sunday unless a deal comes together to sell it to a US investor or the US Supreme Court intervenes. The ban results from an April law signed by…
TikTok On Report Of Possible Sale Of US Operations To Elon Musk
Washington DC: TikTok has dismissed the report suggesting China might allow the potential sale of the social media company’s US operations to billionaire Elon Musk and called it “pure fiction.” The ByteDance-owned company’s comments came in response to a Bloomberg report claiming Chinese officials are exploring…
US Supreme Court To Hear TikTok Ban Case
Washington, United States: The US Supreme Court is to hear TikTok’s appeal on Friday of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the wildly popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down. The top court is holding oral arguments in the case nine…