Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban in the U.S. | WFLA
1 day ago · So far ByteDance has declined to sell, with the deadline just days away. ... Bill filed by Florida Senator Rick Scott would end … 5 hours ago. Survivor using lived experience to fight against ...
Senators pitch last-ditch effort to save TikTok - FOX 2
3 days ago · Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced legislation this week that would extend the deadline for parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok in 270 days. ... Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says he does ...
Trump has vowed to save TikTok. Lawmakers are wondering how.
6 days ago · Trump himself pushed for TikTok to be banned or sold by ByteDance, its China-based parent company, during his first administration. ... “It’d be great,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) said when asked about the prospect. After a federal appeals court upheld the law last month, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Michigan), the chair of the House select ...
Exclusive | Billionaire TikTok investor Jeff Yass 'bullies' lawmakers ...
Mar 7, 2024 · Hedge fund manager Jeff Yass is personally calling Republican members of the House to try to halt legislation which would force ByteDance to divest itself of the app, putting it in US hands...
Rick Scott criticizes Met Gala for making TikTok CEO honorary chair
Feb 16, 2024 · TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, is at the center of the controversy due to its connections with the Chinese government. Officials are worried the platform poses a national...
Tracker: What US Senators Are Saying About TikTok Legislation
Apr 11, 2024 · The bill, called the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” (HR 7521), would force TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest from the video app within six months or face a ban from app stores in the US.
Law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned upheld by federal court …
Dec 6, 2024 · As president in August 2020, he issued an executive order threatening to ban TikTok if ByteDance did not sell the app to “protect our national security” from “disinformation campaigns that...
TikTok defiant after federal court upholds law to force its sale
Dec 6, 2024 · A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied petitions to block the law from TikTok, its parent company ByteDance and creator groups.
Sen. Rick Scott Condemns Met Gala for Inviting TikTok CEO as …
Feb 17, 2024 · Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has condemned the fashion magazine Vogue’s decision to name TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew to serve as an honorary chair at this year’s Met Gala event in May. “Disturbing the Met Gala would allow TikTok’s CEO to be an ‘honorary’ chair,” Mr. Scott said on X on Feb. 15.
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Mar 15, 2024 · Tampa, FL – Recent legislation passed the House that would ban TikTok in the U.S. if parent company ByteDance, a Chinese-owned corporation forced to share users’ data with the Chinese Communist Party, doesn’t divest ownership. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it is expected to have bipartisan support.