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TikTok is already banned in India, which was one of the app's largest markets before it was outlawed in June 2020. It is also blocked in Iran, Nepal, Afghanistan and Somalia.
TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, are challenging a U.S. law that requires them to break ties or face a ban in the U.S. by mid-January. The U.S. government and TikTok will go ...
TikTok and ByteDance have repeatedly denied links to the Chinese authorities. The companies sued to block the legislation in early May, calling it unconstitutional and an effective ban on the ...
Executive Order 14034 ("EO 14034"), "Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries". In January 2020, the United States Army and Navy banned TikTok on government devices after the Defense Department labeled it a security risk. Before the policy change, army recruiters had been using the platform to attract young people.
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [111] The review is expected to ban TikTok on all official government devices. It has been reported that some politicians are using burner phones due to the ban. [112] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [113]
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act (S. 3455) was originally introduced in 2020 by Senator Josh Hawley (R - MO) and passed the United States Senate by unanimous consent on August 6, 2020. [3] The bill (S. 1143) was reintroduced on April 15, 2021, by Senator Hawley and it passed the Senate by unanimous consent again on December 14, 2022.
September 16, 2024 at 3:40 PM. TikTok is fighting a law that could see the popular app banned in the US. Gearstd/iStock, Tyler Le/BI. TikTok faces a likely loss in its legal battle against a ...
Instead, the TikTok-is-here-to-stay crowd seems to be banking on some combination of legal maneuvers or political action to overcome the ban. You can see their logic: TikTok's lawyers are fighting ...