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My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation,
On behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users across the country, I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to working with us to find a solution that keeps TikTok available in the United States,
We conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners' First Amendment rights,
the court stated, affirming an appeals court ruling How do you guys want us to treat IG reels the same?
She then asked her followers I'm never going to trust you ever again, because just like that you took away millions of people's income and livelihoods,
she told her 350,000 followers What the heck is going on?
The 24-year-old University of Miami graduate, who reportedly earned $8 million from her social media presence in 2024, added Guys this is not okay, someone's going to have to check me into a mental hospital.
Congress has given me the decision, so I'll be making the decision,
There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community. But Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary.”
In their unanimous ruling, US supreme court justices wrote It genuinely feels like our parents just came in the middle of the school year and said, ‘Yeah, forget all your friends, forget all the hard work you did at this school, you’re going to have to start from scratch,
TikToker @inzlay said in a video of herself crying and bidding farewell to her TikTok following of 24,500 Even if China has not yet leveraged its relationship with ByteDance Ltd to access US TikTok users’ data, petitioners offer no basis for concluding that the Government’s determination that China might do so is not at least a ‘reasonable inferenc[e] based on substantial evidence.’
The justices wrote in their unanimous opinion This bill prohibits distributing, maintaining, or providing internet hosting services for a foreign adversary controlled application (eg, TikTok).”
The text of the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, passed in April and signed by Joe Biden, reads I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it's appropriate. You know, it's appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It's a very big situation."
President-elect Donald Trump said on NBC News' Meet the Press on Saturday We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office,
the company posted in its pop-up message Apple is obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates,
the company said in its statement I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok,
Trump said, then claiming to have won the youth vote by a significant margin If I decide to do that, I’ll probably announce it on Monday,
I feel so dumb coming on the internet and crying about an app, but the fact is this is this has been a sense of community for me for years now, and it got me through really, really hard times in my life
We always keep all of these technology issues under consideration, whether it's for national security or data privacy concerns
Addressing rumours of a TikTok ban in the UK, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg To the US government, I'm never forgiving you for this,
