TikTok went dark for users across the U.S. late Saturday as the app notified users of a ban that went into effect just days before President-elect Trump's inauguration.
The video app that once styled itself a joyful politics-free zone is now bracing for a nationwide ban and pinning its hopes on President-elect Donald Trump.
As a potential TikTok ban looms, here's how President-elect Donald Trump views banning the app, and how his stance, has changed.
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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of TikTok Ban as Some Supporters Realize It's a Bad Idea
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Supreme Court rules to allow TikTok ban in U.S.
US Lawmakers Cheer Supreme Court for Upholding TikTok Ban Law
The ruling was a blow for TikTok and for Republican President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office Monday and has been seeking a last-ditch solution to save the app, years after he launched the first unsuccessful bid to ban it.
The fate of Tiktok is in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump after the Supreme Court upheld the ban Friday..
TikTok on Friday said that it would turn off more than 170 million Americans’ access to the super popular video app on Sunday, unless President Joe Biden’s administration acts urgently to assure the company it will not be punished for violating the terms of its looming ban.
The possibility of the U.S. outlawing TikTok kept influencers and users in anxious limbo during the four-plus years that lawmakers and judges debated the fate of the video-sharing app. Now, the moment its fans dreaded is here , but uncertainty over TikTok’s future lingers.
After TikTok said it would be "forced to go dark" on Sunday unless the White House took action, President-elect Trump told ABC News he'd be likely to grant the social media company an extension.
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TikTok isn’t the villain here. It’s a symptom of a much larger issue: the lack of clear, enforceable rules for data privacy and security. Instead of banning the app, the government should focus on fixing the system.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew posted a video message to user in the US and thanked Donald Trump after the US Supreme Court upheld a law potentially shutting down the platform due to alleged national security concerns over its Chinese ownership.
The case hinges on whether TikTok can convince Justices that such a mandate violates the First Amendment by forcing a foreign-controlled app to sell or shut down. As of Friday, they have not — and the Court has compelled Tik-Tok to be sold or shuttered this weekend.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew expresses gratitude to President-elect Donald Trump for his support, following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a law banning the app. The Biden administration defers enforcement of the ban,
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