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TikTok Lays Out Past Efforts to Address U.S. Concerns Over Potential Ban

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.

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TikTok 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.

TikTok Moves to Limit Russian and Chinese Media’s Reach in Big Election Year

23 May 2024 at 06:55
The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users’ feeds if they β€œattempt to reach communities outside their home country on current global events and affairs.”

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TikTok began labeling state-affiliated media accounts like those from RT, the global Russian television network, in 2022.

Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way

The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.

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For years, Taiwan has been one of the world’s top targets of online disinformation, much of it originating in China.

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.

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TikTok’s office in Culver City, Calif. The company has said a new U.S. law requiring its sale is essentially a ban.

TikTok, Facing US Ban, Tells Advertisers It Won’t Back Down

3 May 2024 at 14:04
Hundreds of marketers and ad agency types flocked to TikTok’s annual sales presentation after a new law put its future in question.

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Blake Chandlee, TikTok’s president of global business solutions, last June. In Manhattan Thursday, he said: β€œWe believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side and that we will ultimately prevail.”

TikTok Broke the Tech Law Logjam. Can That Success Be Repeated?

25 April 2024 at 08:57
For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.

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Experts on tech legislation say that the unique speed of the passage of the TikTok legislation is highly unlikely to be repeated.
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