TikTok’s future in the United States is yet to be seen following a Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way to ban the app Sunday and President-elect Donald Trump’s wish to keep it. The high court unanimously ruled Friday that the divest-or-ban law does not violate TikTok’s or its users’ First Amendment rights.
President Trump says he will issue an executive order to delay banning the app; however, an Arizona constitutional attorney says the law is already settled.
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a law mandating the forced sale or ban of TikTok, a decision that places the app’s future in the United States in jeopardy. Signed by President Joe Biden,
Several other ByteDance-owned apps went offline along with it, including the popular video editing app CapCut. With the app's fate now in limbo, many content creators have been left scrambling for alternatives while the future of their digital workflows remains up in the air.
TikTok on Friday said that it would turn off more than 170 million Americans’ access to the super popular video app on Sunday, unless President Joe Biden’s administration acts urgently to assure the company it will not be punished for violating the terms of its looming ban.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.
TikTok was banned and restored within the same weekend. Find out what other apps owned by ByteDance, are in limbo below.
US tennis star Coco Gauff writes the message "RIP TikTok USA" on the camera following her victory in her women's singles match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 19,
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Business leaders, lawmakers, legal scholars, and influencers who make money on TikTok are watching to see how Trump tries to resolve a thicket of regulatory, legal, financial and geopolitical
The updates could mark an effort to attract users to spend more time on the platform amid uncertainty over the future of TikTok.