The Supreme Court’s Key Arguments on Tiktok Ban
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week over whether the federal law—which requires TikTok to separate from parent company ByteDance or else be banned—is in violation of the First Amendment. The law is now scheduled to take effect Sunday, unless the Supreme Court rules otherwise, as the court previously declined to pause the law […]
TikTok Is Battling its Survival in the U.S.
In a recent escalation between the United States and China, following President Joe Biden’s signing of a bill on April 24 to ban TikTok, granting ByteDance a 270-day window to divest the popular short-video app, reports surfaced suggesting ByteDance may opt to shut down TikTok rather than sell it. A Reuters report on April 26 indicated that ByteDance’s core […]
U.S. President Joe Biden All Set to Ban TikTok
A highly contentious debate surrounds the potential ban of the controversial Chinese social media application, TikTok, with United States President Joe Biden poised to sign a plan that could see its outlawing as early as next week. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously introduced and passed the legislation on March 8, emphasizing national […]