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 […]
Trump and GOP in Crossroads over Executive order to Delay TikTok Ban
In a significant development, U.S. President Donald Trump, immediately following his oath of office on January 20, signed an executive order aimed at pausing a law that bans the TikTok app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. The executive order grants a 75-day extension on the ban or a potential sale of the […]
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 […]
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 […]