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The time is short to leave for a storm
Several US states are defending TikTok against claims that it is damaging teen mental health because it’s aimed to keep young people engaged. Attorneys general have said the features on the app “are harmful” to teens. The states want TikTok to change features that they say are harmful to teens. Florida is the worst-affected state…
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TikTok is in a fight against the US government
TikTok and ByteDance’s lawyer Jeffrey Fisher told a US court on Wednesday the company is owned by China’s ByteDance, a company based in China. He added that they have First Amendment protections from the US government shutting down TikTok. He further told the court Congress has established a legitimate national security threat and should be…
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A huge meme power shift shows the Trademark Tug-of-War over ‘Demure’
TikTok Co-founder Jools Lebron recently filed an application to trademark ‘Very Demure.. Very Mindful..’. However, the application was rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office on grounds that it used the trademarks first. Bates filed the application to register the ‘Very Demure..very Mindful..’ trademark in January 2019. The trademark is not the same as…
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A soldier says that the Arlington National Cemetery worker was pushed aside
An Arlington National Cemetery worker tried to prevent Donald Trump’s team from filming and taking photos in the cemetery during the ex-President’s visit on Friday. Trump shared a TikTok video including footage from Arlington National Cemetery that likely violates a federal law against using military cemeteries for campaigning purposes. “Trump loves this country and will…
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The TikTok was sued by US justice department for violation of kids privacy
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a complaint against TikTok, ByteDance and two of its executives over the company’s handling of children’s online safety and national security concerns. It alleged that TikTok failed to act on information it received regarding its use of children’s content. TikTok said it will continue to “update and…
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The creators of TikTok are against the law
The US government has sued Chinese streaming app TikTok in a case of national security concerns over alleged privacy violations. The US has asked TikTok to remove its content, disable some features and remove itself from the US market. TikTok has also been asked to sever its ties with US-based ByteDance, which provides user data…
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TikTok is challenging the US ban in court
TikTok is suing the US government over a new law that will force the shortform video app to be divested from ByteDance or face a ban in the US. In a court filing, TikTok called the move “unconstitutional” and said “for the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single,…
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TikTok is sues the US government
TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the US government over a new law ordering ByteDance to remove its app from the App Store or cease operations in the US. It alleged that the government isn’t providing evidence of Chinese government’s use of TikTok. The law, which was signed by US President Joe Biden last month,…
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There are legal challenges in the US and China for TikTok
The US Supreme Court will hear TikTok-parent ByteDance’s appeal against the ban on its operations in the country. ByteDance has challenged the ban in court, claiming it violates the company’s First Amendment rights. “This is a court that’s going to take the issue seriously and apply Supreme Court precedent…in a serious way,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior…
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TikTok will not be the same no matter how much you sell it
TikTok has said that Montana’s anti-proton production law, which prohibits companies from restricting the “use of marijuana in any manner” by their employees, is unconstitutional. TikTok also said that the law violates its legal right to freedom of speech. In a statement, TikTok called the law unconstitutional and said it was confident that the law…
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Team Biden is sharing information about the upcoming ban
US President Joe Biden’s campaign has deleted several TikTok posts in the hours following Senate’s approval of TikTok ban. “We have deleted all TikTok posts that were tagged with the hashtag #tiktokban,” the campaign said. The Senate had passed the bill on Tuesday night, which restricts the use of the app by political campaigns.
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The House has a TikTok ban
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban Americans from using TikTok and other social media apps like it. The legislation was introduced by Democrats Cantwell and Joaquin Castro, who opposed the bill. It provides a nine-month transition period for TikTok to be removed from the platform. It also gives the…
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Senators are trying to have the TikTok briefings declassified
A US senator has urged his colleagues in the Senate Intelligence Committee to move ahead with a hearing on TikTok’s “influence campaign”. Senator Maria Cantwell, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, said she wanted a public hearing, potentially with the committee, which has primary jurisdiction over TikTok Propaganda. Earlier, a House bill called for a…
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A topsy- turvy online election
US President Joe Biden’s Deputy Campaign Manager Rob Flaherty has said that the campaign is playing its game a little bit differently because of personalization of the internet. ” long-shot candidate RFK Jr. has leaned on podcasts, like The Joe Rogan Experience, and influencers on Instagram and TikTok to get his message out to voters,”…
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The House quietly brought up the TikTok ban bill
Congress needs to listen and work instead on a broader data privacy bill to address real concerns without a ban, US House Intelligence Committee official Krishnamoorthi Krishnamurthy said. Krishnamurthy added that their office received phone calls from students crying when they found out about the decision to remove TikTok from them. “One person threatened self-harm…
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Steven Ballmer says he wants to buy TikTok
The House of Representatives has passed a bill to ban China-based social media platform TikTok and other similar apps. The bill, which passed by 352 votes to 352, seeks to ban platforms that “coerce, induce or facilitate child pornography”. TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance is also under fire over allegations of child pornography and human trafficking…
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The fate of TikTok rests with the Senate
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could force TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell the company. The bill, known as the ‘Protections Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’ ( RESTRICT), aims to stop US companies from sharing user data with foreign entities. US President Joe Biden said he’d sign the bill…
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The bill that could have banned TikTok was passed by the House
US House of Representatives has passed a bill that seeks to block TikTok, byteDance’s video-sharing platform, from being accessible to the public. However, the bill doesn’t amount to a ban of the video-sharing app, House Select Committee on China Chairman Mike Gallagher said. Earlier, the Senate had introduced a bill that would have banned TikTok…
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Content creators are against a potential ban on TikTok
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest the app within six months of the law’s enactment or face a nationwide ban. The US Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House, said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. TikTok was…
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The Congress is considering banning TikTok and an aid ship heads to Gaza as hunger gets worse
The US House of Representatives passed a bill to ban the use of Chinese social media app TikTok in America. The legislation aims to block the use of Chinese apps by Americans on American soil. TikTok is popular in China as well as in many European countries, with more than 500 million users globally.
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The bill to ban TikTok was passed by the House
TikTok sent push notices warning users about a US bill to ban the app, saying it would take effect if its parent company ByteDance doesn’t remove the app from China within six months. The bill was voted by the House Select Committee on China in September and threatens to ban TikTok if ByteDance doesn’t remove…
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Content creators blast the possibility of a TikTok ban
The US House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a bill requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban. The bill, dubbed the ‘Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’, blocks any application or webhosting service in the US for ByteDance-controlled applications, including TikTok. TikTok has said its American user data wouldn’t…
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Biden is using the TikTok in his campaign
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law that makes TikTok illegal in the country. “It’s about national security. Obviously this is about our national security,” White House press secretary Olivier Jean-Pierre said, adding that the administration doesn’t see the bill as a ban on TikTok but ensuring its “ownership isn’t in…
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The TikTok Shop is taking on Amazon with a single viral video
TikTok Shop has been criticised for its advertising and affiliate policies, with one of its creators saying that TikTok felt like an endless shopping list to her. “It just turned out to be more and more advertisements of some things I needed…but a lot of the time it was stuff I just didn’t need,” said…
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The Bin Laden letter is being politicized by the far right
The TikTok platform has said it has been “aggressively removing” hundreds of videos discussing Osama bin Laden’s 2002 manifesto titled ‘Letter to America’. The manifesto, in which bin Laden said the attacks on September 11, 2001 were justified, had been shared by TikTok creators in light of Bin Laden’s criticism of the US government’s support…