TikTok on Thursday said it was putting restrictions on state-backed media to counter acts of foreign influence on the platform during an important election year in multiple countries. The move comes after the United States handed TikTok an ultimatum to divest from its Chinese owners or face a potential ban in the US market, based … Read more
A group of TikTok creators said on Tuesday that they have filed suit in federal court seeking to block a law signed by US President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it, saying it has had “a profound effect on American life”. … Read more
The US Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a US appeal court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s US assets by January 19 or face a ban. TikTok, ByteDance and a group of TikTok content creators joined with the Justice … Read more
