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
The US Supreme Court upheld a law to force TikTok’s sale from a Chinese state-owned firm, even as President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have sought to block the divestment.
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.
The social media giant is now due to be outlawed in America by Sunday unless its Chinese-based owner ByteDance sells the US version of the app
Chinese leader Xi Jinping may not have personally accepted US President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to his inauguration, but Beijing has taken the rare step of dispatching a top official to join the swearing-in ceremony in Washington.
TikTok said Sunday it was restoring service to users in the United States after the popular video-sharing platform went dark.
TikTok returned on Sunday for American users after going dark on Saturday night. President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to "save" the platform.
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of homeland security, got some heat for rattling off dubious statistics during her Senate confirmation hearing Friday.