TikTok, Congress

Congress Banned TikTok. What Happened Next Will (Not) Surprise You.
TikTok held firm and refused to be sold, Congress blinked, and now everyone is scrambling to avoid a backlash from its younger user base.
California lawmakers are big on TikTok. What happens if Trump bans the app?
After President Trump gave TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a U.S. ban, a small but growing group of California politicians who are active on the app have been left wondering what comes next.
The TikTok ban highlights what Congress hasn’t done
To some tech observers, the TikTok fracas speaks to years of Washington misdirection, as Congress theatrically argues over online content while ignoring more straightforward issues that could have staved off the TikTok drama.
Trump says banning TikTok won’t make Americans safer from China. He may have a point
President Donald Trump on Wednesday batted down the national security concerns surrounding TikTok, saying, “Is it that important for China to be spying on young people? On young kids watching crazy videos?
Trump delays TikTok ban, signs order
President Trump postpones the TikTok ban and signs an executive order, giving the app more time to secure a U.S. sale.
Unfortunately, Trump Played the TikTok Ban Perfectly
In the days approaching January 19, 2025, millions of TikTok content creators and consumers prepared to say their final goodbyes to the app. After a TikTok ban was passed in Congress, requiring the app either to be sold to an American company on an impossible timeline or to go dark,
Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people, decision in 30 days
By Nandita Bose, Dawn Chmielewski, Milana Vinn and Kanishka Singh ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Trump’s White House in talks to have Oracle, US investors take over TikTok
Under the deal being negotiated by the White House, TikTok’s China-based owner, ByteDance, would retain a stake in the ...
TikTok’s parent company is in active discussions about a deal, board member says
A board member at TikTok’s parent company said that a deal to save the app from disappearing in the United States will be ...
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Progressive Khanna, libertarian-minded Paul unite in Congress on free speech, join to save TikTok
Khanna voted against the federal law demanding a sale of the app or a ban and is now partnering with Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass.
The Supreme Court’s TikTok ruling is an ominous turn for online speech
When the Supreme Court upheld a law that banned TikTok from the US, it seemed well aware that its ruling could resonate far ...
Inside TikTok’s frantic scramble to halt U.S. ban
There were 36 hours of mad frenzy as TikTok executives and lawyers sought and failed to get a last-minute reprieve from Biden ...
Ticktock goes the political clock for TikTok
Two readers react to counterarguments on the US TikTok ban from Senator Edward J. Markey and Representative Jake Auchincloss.
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How TikTok ban reprieve could work
As U.S. TikTok users rejoice at the return of TikTok from its 14-hour hiatus, curmudgeonly critics — me included — wonder whether ...
TikTok is banned but still alive. How?
We (sort of) answer the burning questions about TikTok, which is back online in the United States (sort of). TikTok is back ...
TikTok still in limbo, unavailable on US app stores as uncertainty around Trump’s 75-day extension swirls
TikTok remained unavailable in Google and Apple app stores on Tuesday as President Trump’s executive order delaying ...