On his first day in office, President Trump used an executive order to hit pause on the TikTok ban for 75 days. Now he’s pushing back that deadline.
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Trump signs executive order to pause TikTok ban, provide immunity to tech firms
The order follows TikTok going dark for about 14 hours after the Supreme Court upheld a law prohibiting the service from operating in the U.S. unless it breaks away from its parent company in China.
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TikTok is back online in the U.S., following Trump’s promise to pause the ban
The president-elect said he will issue an executive order Monday to delay the ban while he brokers a sale. The app has returned on web and mobile, but is not available in Apple and Google’s stores.
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TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban
The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.
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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, threatening app’s existence in the U.S.
The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform’s future in the U.S.
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A TikTok ban could hit the U.S. in days. What to know — and how to prepare
Even if the controversial U.S. ban on TikTok does take effect on Jan. 19, the app won’t automatically vanish from phones. Here’s what would change, plus preparations and potential work-arounds.
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TikTok challenges its U.S ban at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know
Lawyers for TikTok argued that banning the app will violate the free speech of 170 million American users. The Justice Department contended that the app is a national security risk.
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Here’s how TikTok creators are preparing for a TikTok ban
TikTok will be shut down in the U.S. this month unless it’s sold to a non-Chinese company. Here’s how creators are preparing.
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to delay the start of the TikTok ban
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.
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Legal experts say a TikTok ban without specific evidence violates the First Amendment
The Justice Department is expected to argue that its clamp down on TikTok is about national security, but Constitutional lawyers say there is no way around grappling with the free speech implications.
