The Supreme Court upheld a law on Friday banning the video platform in the United States Unless the Biden administration is able to step in to block the enforcement of a federal ban, TikTok said that the app will “go dark” in the United States on Sunday. “The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the…
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever. Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3-year-old war. In the past year, Russian troops have slowly…
SAN ANTONIO – TikTok is set to be banned in the United States on Jan. 19. The U.S. Supreme Court is upholding a congressional nationwide ban on the app that would impact more than 170 million users, including some from San Antonio. It is a countdown that some users on the app have very strong…
With President-elect Donald Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple that are expected to take the popular video sharing app off their platforms in just two days. Though the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a federal law that…
Photo illustration of the TikTok logo displayed on a smartphone with the American flag in the background.Illustration: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto (Getty Images) In This Story TikTok is likely seeing its final days in the U.S. after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning the social media app starting on Sunday if its Chinese parent…
As President Biden prepares to depart the White House, he leaves an economic legacy marked by a historic pandemic that paralyzed consumers and businesses across the U.S. After inheriting a COVID-scarred nation in 2021, Mr. Biden focused on righting the economy, a strategy that economists told CBS MoneyWatch is visible in the country’s solid GDP…
President Biden will not enforce a law banning TikTok that is set to take effect the day before he leaves office, according to a US official. President Biden has decided not to enforce TikTok’s ban, which was supposed to take effect Sunday, Jan. 19. REUTERS President Biden decided to let President-elect Donald Trump handle the…
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As self-described “TikTok refugees” pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign netizens are already running up against the country’s extensive censorship apparatus. Newsweek reached out to Xiaohongshu with a request for comment via a general contact email address. Why It Matters TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has until Sunday…