The TikTok ban isn’t about national security — it’s censorship and government control
TikTok isn’t the villain here. It’s a symptom of a much larger issue: the lack of clear, enforceable rules for data privacy ...
US forces temporary shutdown of TikTok in major attack on First Amendment
In an action without any direct precedent in the United States, the American government forced the temporary shutdown of a ...
SCOTUS Rules in Favor of TikTok Ban as Some Supporters Realize It's a Bad Idea
"I cannot profess the kind of certainty I would like to have about the arguments and record before us," writes Justice ...
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‘It’s a personal choice’: China dodges RedNote censorship issue as US TikTokkers migrate
China stopped short on Wednesday of saying whether it would step up censorship of foreign content ... apparently driven by American TikTok users migrating ahead of a US ban on the short video ...
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What dies with TikTok? As a ban looms, Americans face a cultural void
"It was a moment of collective effervescence," says Robert ... while TikTok may help creators gain exposure and users engage with the causes they care about, many see evidence of censorship ...
Republicans Come Out Against Donald Trump's TikTok 'Extension' Plan
Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said "there's no legal basis" for an extension to keep the social media platform online ...
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Americans lose access to TikTok as U.S. ban takes effect and app goes dark
President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok's China-based ...
TikTok changed our culture – and my life. Will we be better off without it? | Opinion
I witnessed TikTok in its infancy. I saw how it changed our culture – and how the algorithm changed us. Its absence will ...