Trump considers plan to save TikTok
TikTok could find a lifeline in President-elect Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States.
TikTok could find a lifeline in President-elect Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear arguments next month over the constitutionality of the federal law that could ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell it.
Donald Trump is signaling he might reevaluate a pending ban on TikTok.
TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it.
TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months is unconstitutional while the Justice Department said it is needed to eliminate a national security risk posed by the popular social media company.
A viral TikTok trend is encouraging people to commit what amounts to check fraud.
TikTok is fighting back again as its future still remains uncertain in the United States.
The Justice Department says TikTok could influence U.S. elections.