Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is calling on President Joe Biden to delay a ban on TikTok that could go into effect in the coming days. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.
The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.
The Supreme Court said it may announce opinions on Friday, a last-minute addition that comes just two days before a law that would ban TikTok is set to go into effect.
With the TikTok ban set to hit the U.S. on Sunday, some government officials are working to avert it. Here's the latest.
A ban set for Sunday for a popular social media app TIK TOK has content creators sounding off after the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to uphold a law that forces the app owners to sever ties with its Chinese parent company or be blocked in the U.
Thousands of TikTok users have flocked to another Chinese social media application, RedNote, as the U S Supreme Court considers a case that could ban the platform in the United States over national
The Biden administration doesn't plan to take action that forces TikTok to immediately go dark for U.S. users on Sunday, an administration official told ABC News.
The Supreme Court upheld a US law that bans TikTok on Jan. 19 unless it is sold to an owner not controlled by a foreign adversary, a ruling that creates new uncertainty for a social-media app used by 170 million Americans.
Ed Markey and New Jersey Sen ... President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to delay the ban until after he takes office so his administration can try to reach a resolution.
"One-hundred-seventy million Americans are getting their news and their entertainment from a platform of censorship and propaganda, answerable to our greatest foreign adversary," Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss said. "That is unacceptable."
The Supreme Court issued a major blow to freedom of expression online today by refusing to block legislation that will effectively
Today’s the day or sort of the day. It’s the US Supreme Court’s last chance to rule on the TikTok ban. The social media company’s chances with the justices were never good. Its First Amendment argument was thin, at best.