TikTok Lays Out Past Efforts to Address U.S. Concerns Over Potential Ban NYT: Technology By: Sapna Maheshwari 20 June 2024 at 16:43 The company said the disclosures support its argument that a law signed by President Biden in May is unconstitutional. Β© Haiyun Jiang for The New York TimesTikTok creators gathered for a news conference with members of Congress in March. TikTok has said that a ban of the app would violate the First Amendment.
Abortion Groups Say Tech Companies Suppress Posts and Accounts NYT: Technology By: Emily Schmall and Sapna Maheshwari 11 June 2024 at 15:41 The groups say they are increasingly confused and frustrated by how major technology platforms moderate posts about abortion services. Β© Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times
TikTok Moves to Limit Russian and Chinese Mediaβs Reach in Big Election Year NYT: Technology By: Sapna Maheshwari 23 May 2024 at 06:55 The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of usersβ feeds if they βattempt to reach communities outside their home country on current global events and affairs.β Β© Jon Nazca/ReutersTikTok began labeling state-affiliated media accounts like those from RT, the global Russian television network, in 2022.
TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban NYT: Technology By: Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe 7 May 2024 at 16:03 The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated usersβ First Amendment rights. Β© Rozette Rago for The New York TimesTikTokβs office in Culver City, Calif. The company has said a new U.S. law requiring its sale is essentially a ban.
TikTok CEO Shou Chewβs Path From Quiet Tech Exec to Met Gala Red Carpet NYT: Technology By: Jacob BernsteinοΌ Madison Malone Kircher and Sapna Maheshwari 3 May 2024 at 15:17 With the company facing a ban in the U.S., Shou Chew is expected to join Zendaya, Bad Bunny and Anna Wintour on the red carpet. Β© Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesShou Chew and his wife, Vivian Kao, at the Met Gala in May 2022, when he was roughly a year into his tenure as the TikTok chief executive.
TikTok, Facing US Ban, Tells Advertisers It Wonβt Back Down NYT: Technology By: Sapna Maheshwari 3 May 2024 at 14:04 Hundreds of marketers and ad agency types flocked to TikTokβs annual sales presentation after a new law put its future in question. Β© Olivier Anrigo/Getty ImagesBlake Chandlee, TikTokβs president of global business solutions, last June. In Manhattan Thursday, he said: βWe believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side and that we will ultimately prevail.β