Censorship: Some U.S. Users Report Difference in TikTok After …
10 hours ago · U.S. TikTok users who once saw the app as a haven for free speech say they see signs of censorship after the platform, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, was returned by an executive order ...
TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company …
1 day ago · The federal law banning TikTok has revealed a major schism among American tech companies: Some are willing to flout the law — and some, including Apple and Google, are not.
UC Berkeley Research Scientist Breaks Down the TikTok Ban, the …
4 days ago · In a historic development, Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has become the center of a bipartisan bill to ban the app nationwide in the name of national security. Xiao Qiang, a research scientist at the UC Berkeley School of Information and a prominent scholar in the study of state censorship, propaganda, and disinformation in China, pointed to TikTok’s parent company ByteDance as ...
Censorship of TikTok - Wikipedia
On 17 April, both Google and Apple blocked TikTok from Google Play and the App Store for users in India. [19] As the court refused to reconsider the ban, the company stated that they had removed over 6 million videos that violated their content policy and guidelines.
TikTok Ban Heads to the Supreme Court. Here’s What to Know.
Jan 17, 2025 · Concerns that the Chinese government could manipulate content and gain access to sensitive user data through the app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, prompted Congress to pass...
Is TikTok really a danger to the West? - BBC
Mar 19, 2024 · At the start of TikTok's ascendancy, there were high-profile cases of censorship on the app: a user in the US had her account suspended for discussing Beijing's treatment of Muslims in...
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban law - BBC
Jan 17, 2025 · The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans TikTok in the US unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday. ... Apple and Google will no longer offer the ...
TikTok Inc., et al. v. Garland (Amicus) - American Civil Liberties …
Jan 8, 2025 · The Supreme Court will decide whether a law that effectively bans TikTok in the United States violates the First Amendment rights of more than 170 million Americans who use the social media platform. The law also allows the President to ban other foreign-owned apps deemed a national security threat, opening the door to future abuse and censorship. The ban on TikTok is set to go into effect on ...
Censorship by TikTok - Wikipedia
TikTok has since apologized and instituted a ban against anti-LGBTQ ideology, with the exceptions of places such as China, the Middle East, and parts of Europe where additional censorship laws may apply.
Highlights of the Supreme Court Argument on TikTok
Jan 10, 2025 · TikTok faces a Jan. 19 deadline under a federal law requiring it to be sold or effectively banned in the United States, and the justices will very likely issue a ruling before then — perhaps as ...