Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. TikTok has quickly become a large part of modern online culture. Influencing trends, fostering communities, and serving as a platform for self-expression. However, recent legislative efforts in the United States signal potential challenges ahead for the app, with lawmakers considering measures that could lead to its ban. … Read more
Digital Trends TikTok, everyone’s favorite social media app for watching short-form videos in an easy-to-digest format, may be facing a ban in the U.S. That’s because President Joe Biden has signed a law that would ban TikTok unless ByteDance sells its stake in TikTok within 12 months. While this won’t have immediate effects, you may … Read more
At an e-commerce school, Chinese students practice selling clothes to overseas TikTok users. To understand their target audience, they record themselves on camera wearing hijabs and abaya gowns over casual clothing. It’s the final day of a two-week course on selling products abroad via the short video app TikTok. Despite being blocked in China, this … Read more
A shutdown would have limited impact on ByteDance’s business while the company would not have to give up its core algorithm, said the sources, who declined to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media. ByteDance declined to comment. It said late on Thursday in a statement posted on Toutiao, a … Read more
On Saturday, Congress advanced efforts to ban the widely-used video-sharing platform TikTok. The House made a second attempt to pass legislation aimed at tackling what lawmakers argue poses a national security risk. In a decisive 360-58 vote, the House of Representatives approved a bill containing a provision that would compel ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, … Read more
While the House took separate votes on the four bills they are expected to be bundled together as one package to send to the Senate. The catch-all foreign policy bill containing the TikTok proposal also tackles China’s role in fentanyl and sanctions evasion and restricts data brokers from sending sensitive American data to foreign adversaries. … Read more
The long-delayed Ukraine aid is vital to country’s ability to hold back Russian forces and defend against missile attacks that have destroyed major power plants and other infrastructure. US House Speaker Mike Johnson talks to reporters at the Capitol on Friday. Photo: AP Without the weapons, US and Ukrainian officials have warned that Kyiv would … Read more
TikTok executives were reportedly convinced that the US had abandoned its plan to ban the Chinese-owned app after President Joe Biden joined, only to find out that wasn’t the case. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the Biden campaign’s decision to join the app in late February and post several videos provided … Read more
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said the House will “apply every amount of pressure” on the Senate to approve a bill that could ban TikTok, hours after the lower chamber approved the legislation in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. The comment from Johnson — made during the House GOP retreat … Read more
Streaming and video platform Rumble has offered to buy TikTok in response to a potential nationwide ban on the Chinese-owned app. Lawmakers in the United States are pushing for a nationwide ban on TikTok, which they believe is the most effective way to restrict the app. The US government has security concerns about TikTok, fearing … Read more
