A bill was passed by the House on Saturday, April 20 to ban TikTok in the US. The ongoing controversy has been stretching since March 2024.
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ByteDance faces potential ban as U.S. House votes to divest TikTok's U.S. assets. A move that will impact the video app in the future.
TikTok's potential influence on 2024 US elections raises concerns and what Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said at a hearing.
Republicans in the US House vote on TikTok bill despite Trump's concerns. Legislation addresses Chinese ownership and national security.
New York City banned TikTok on government-owned devices, citing security concerns, joining a number of US states that have put restrictions.
The recent decision by the Indian government to ban 59 Chinese mobile apps. Including popular ones such as TikTok, UC Browser, and ShareIT, has raised concerns among Indian smartphone users about the fate of these applications on their devices. Dissecting the Chinese Apps Ban and Its Implications The ban was introduced citing national security concerns […]
TikTok issues have been the talk of the world lately, especially data privacy and children’s rights violations. Lately, numerous countries are banning TikTok citing security concerns. It comes down to two main reasons: data privacy and the lack of protection for children and minors. The application has 1.534 billion users out of which 1 billion […]
TikTok has been making headlines ever since it debuted and went viral. Is “viral” even the right word to describe the cultural reset it triggered? Unfortunately, most of these headlines are not in the app’s favor, including adding to the mental health crisis among U.S. teens AND United Arab Emirates (UAE) teens and spreading misinformation […]
A recent ban of TikTok use on U.S. government-owned devices, coupled with new legislation in Congress seeking to block the app, have fueled expectations the popular Chinese-owned platform could soon be barred nationwide. Adding to the perception, last week the company said the Biden administration had demanded TikTok’s owners divest their stakes in the popular […]
TikTok creators and three U.S. Democratic Party lawmakers on Wednesday said they opposed any potential ban on the Chinese-owned short video sharing app that is used by more than 150 million Americans. On Thursday TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee amid growing calls for a ban […]