The president-elect unveiled plans for a Day One executive order to save TikTok from a ban, which is immediately raising a host of legal questions.
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.
The Supreme Court issued its opinion on the looming ban of TikTok in America upholding that the law will stay in effect, essentially forcing the app’s Chinese owner to sell its American holdings by Sunday or be forced to go dark.
Users have flooded the app with satirical videos poking fun at the U.S. government's claims about data security.
In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the justices rejected efforts by TikTok and its parent company to challenge the law, citing national security concerns stemming from the app’s data
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, went offline in the United States just before a ban took effect on January 19. What happens next could set the tone for incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's relationship with Beijing.
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, is facing a ban in the United States. What happens next could set the tone for incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's relationship with Beijing.
TikTok said it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.
Tesla ( TSLA) stock jumped 3% Friday amid speculation that CEO Elon Musk could potentially buy TikTok. The social media platform needs to find an American buyer, or it will effectively face a countrywide ban starting next week — and Musk is reportedly the most likely candidate.
"I cannot profess the kind of certainty I would like to have about the arguments and record before us," writes Justice Gorsuch.