The Biden administration has worked to distance itself from past ill-fated TikTok ban attempts. Legal scholars say its new law might be just as legally flawed.
While the legislation would have profound impacts across the tech, political, entertainment, media and marketing worlds, music may be hit especially hard.
The TikTok legislation was included as part of a larger $95 billion package that provides foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel and was passed 79-18. It now goes to President Joe Bide
TikTok said legislation passed by the US Congress Tuesday evening that would force its Chinese parent company to sell its stake or face a total ban of the app in America is “unconstitutional,” and the company will challenge it in court.
TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC. Earlier this week, TikTok said it would challenge in court the "unconstitutional" law. The statement from ByteDance came in response to an article by the technology industry website The Information that said it was exploring the potential sale of TikTok’s operation in the US without the algorithm that powers it.
TikTok’s expected legal challenge to a law signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden forcing the popular app’s parent company to spin off its US operations could be a seminal moment in First Amendment law in what is shaping up to be a year of defining cases.
President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.
Amidst escalating tensions between the U.S. government and Chinese tech giant ByteDance, the company has firmly opposed a congressional mandate to sell popular social media app TikTok. The recent legislation,
The Senate has passed legislation that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers
TikTok ’s parent company ByteDance would reportedly favour shutting down the app altogether over offloading its business after the US passed a new law forcing it to sell the platform or be banned in the country.
The law banning TikTok is the furthest the U.S. has gone in an otherwise long and complex relationship with the app. Montana passed state legislation banning it entirely but this
The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and debate over how involved
This week President Biden signed a new law that gives TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance nine months to sell the app, with a possible three-month extension if a sale is in progress. “There’s certainly time on the books,
The US Senate has passed a bill to sever ties between TikTok and its parent company ByteDance. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill, giving ByteDance only nine months to sell its stake in TikTok or face a countrywide ban.
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, reportedly has no plans to shut down its app in the US. The decision comes after the US passed a new law forcing it to sell
TikTok is facing restrictions worldwide and could be banned in the U.S. following a new law signed by President Joe Biden. Credit - Jakub Porzycki—. O n Wednesday, J
TikTok is facing a total ban in the United States after President Joe Biden signed the bill forcing ByteDance to sell its short-form video hosting service app. The president signed the new bill into law on
U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner ByteDance doesn't sell the app. TikTok will challenge this decision in courts with a long legal battle ahead of us. India: This is perhaps the most well-known TikTok ban as India is one of the biggest consumer markets in the world.
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. A bill including a deadline for TikTok parent company Bytedance to divest within nine months or face a ban on app stores to distribute the app in the U.
STORY: Music label executive JP Morray is one of those who sees potential advantages to a U.S. ban on Tiktok."I do believe it will be a blessing in disguise."On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill to get Tiktok's Chinese owner Bytedance nine months to sell the short video app - that has 170 million American users,
Biden’s new legislation is forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the social giant to a U.S. company. TikTok plans to challenge this in court.
Some local TikTok creators share their concerns after President Joe Biden signs a bill that would ban the app in the U.S. if its parent company doesn't sell it. Isabella Martin reports.
President Joe Biden today signed legislation that will ban TikTok in the U.S. unless parent company ByteDance Ltd. sells the app within one year. The Senate approved the bill a few hours earlier in a 79-18 vote.
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is now under pressure after a bill to ban the platform in the U.S. if they don’t sell passed the Senate Tuesday night. President Joe Biden signed the legislation today,
Congress has long had national security concerns about the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, but has not succeeded in banning the platform from American app stores. A new law requires TikTok's Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to sell its stake within 9 months or face a nationwide ban.