Trump Backed Microsoft Allegedly Involved in Online Censorship Scandal
As U.S. official policy shifts against the inhibition of freedom of speech and expression, Microsoft, backed by President Donald Trump, has come under scrutiny for alleged press censorship. According to a report published by the Foundation for Freedom Online, a free speech watchdog, on January 27, Microsoft was involved in suppressing Americans’ online speech. The […]
Ken Buck: Trump Should Keep TikTok Ban
Within hours of taking the oath of office on Monday, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order postponing a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app, TikTok. While I’m excited about many of the president’s executive orders, I strongly disagree with his effort to save TikTok, allowing it to remain in control of its […]
TikTok’s US Reprieve Comes as Other countries Limit Social Media Use
Singapore —TikTok’s short-lived shutdown in the United States has opened a wider debate in other countries regarding access to popular social media platforms by children. TikTok went dark temporarily Sunday in the U.S. after a new law banning it went into effect. The law required TikTok’s Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance to sell the app’s U.S. […]
Why SCOTUS Believe Freedom of Speech Does Not Apply to TikTok?
As TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, is just hours away from a potential ban in the United States, all eyes are on the social media platform’s next move—whether it will divest ownership and sell to a U.S.-based entity or cease operations altogether. A federal ban is expected to take effect on January 19, […]
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 […]
Cotton Blocks Democrats’ Attempt to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline
Reserving the right to object—which I most certainly do. TikTok isn’t just another social-media platform. TikTok is a Chinese Communist spy app that addicts our kids, harvests their data, targets them with harmful and manipulative content, and spreads communist propaganda. Congress recognized the unique dangers of TikTok when we voted on a massive bipartisan basis […]
French Families Sue TikTok Over Harmful Content
TikTok is being sued by seven families in France, who accuse the social media giant of exposing their children to harmful content – leading two to take their own lives. The case alleges the video platform’s algorithm exposed them to content promoting self-harm, eating disorders and suicide, said Laure Boutron-Marmion, a lawyer for the families. […]
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 […]
US Senate Passes Possible TikTok Ban
By Evie Steele & Sun Cheng WASHINGTON — Among a package of military aid bills it passed Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved a bill that requires TikTok parent company ByteDance to sell the video hosting platform or risk the government banning the app for all U.S. users. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law […]
The Sooner We Ditch TikTok the Better for Kids
Kids, tweens, and teens are increasingly coming to the conclusion that they suffer from myriad of mental health maladies, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive compulsive tendencies, generalized anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorder and various other atypical conditions. It turns out that influencers on TikTok and other social media platforms have been providing an […]