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TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months.

Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment

6:59pm May 14, 2024

by Bobby Allyn

The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.

People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building on March 13.

This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next

4:33pm March 19, 2024

The House has voted overwhelmingly to ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell it. So now the future of the wildly popular social media platform is in the hands of the Senate.

Participants hold signs in support of TikTok at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2024, in Washington, D.C. House Democrats and TikTok creators and business owners held the news conference to express concerns over House GOP legislation that would force the owners of the popular Chinese social media app to sell the platform or face a ban in the U.S.

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Content creators blast a potential TikTok ban

5:00am March 13, 2024

by Windsor Johnston

The House is gearing up for a Wednesday vote on legislation that could lead to a ban on one of the most widely used apps in the world, with an estimated 170 million users in the United States alone.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before a Senate committee in Washington on Wednesday.

Tom Cotton grills Singaporean TikTok CEO: Are you a Chinese Communist?

6:47pm February 01, 2024

by Diba Mohtasham

TikTok faced scrutiny Wednesday along with other social media sites over child safety. But its Singaporean CEO was grilled over his nationality when a senator repeatedly asked whether he has CCP ties.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and other lawmakers have introduced legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. over national security concerns. The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a separate bill that would ban the wildly popular app from devices issued by federal agencies.

From states to federal agencies, TikTok faces bans on government-issued devices

2:05pm December 15, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill that would ban the wildly popular app from devices issued by federal agencies. Several governors have banned TikTok on their agencies' phones and computers.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid were also there to discuss threats to the U.S.

The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns

12:37pm November 17, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The FBI is concerned that the Chinese government could use TikTok to influence American users or control their devices. The company is working with the U.S. government towards a security agreement.

Two women who reviewed hundreds of TikTok videos each week for violent and graphic content say the company ignored the psychological trauma they suffered on the job and pushed them to meet quotas.

Former TikTok moderators sue over emotional toll of 'extremely disturbing' videos

4:16pm March 25, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

Two women who reviewed hundreds of TikTok videos each week for violent and graphic content say the company ignored the psychological trauma they suffered on the job and pushed them to meet quotas.

The Justice Department lawyers say ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming has made public statements showing he is "committed to promoting" the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party.

New DOJ Filing: TikTok's Owner Is 'A Mouthpiece' Of Chinese Communist Party

2:58pm September 26, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

In a new court filing, the Trump administration offers its most thorough explanation to date of why it considers the hit video-sharing app a national security threat.

The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump's executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their

They Teach Chinese Kids English Online. Now They're Caught In Trump's War On TikTok

11:17pm September 03, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

ByteDance-owned tutoring app GOGOKID employes about 4,000 American teachers. Trump's crack down on TikTok could mean those instructors will lose their jobs.

President Trump on Friday ordered that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, divest from the U.S. in 90 days.

Trump: TikTok Must Be Sold In 90 Days, Cites 'Credible Evidence' Of Security Threat

11:17pm August 14, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The move follows a previous executive order from the president that would make "transactions" between U.S. citizens and the Chinese-owned app illegal.