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The Clock is Ticking on TikTok – How Employers Can Prepare for TikTok Ban

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Employers and businesses are in limbo on how to prepare for a post-TikTok world after Congress passed legislation giving the social media app’s Chinese owner nine months to either sell the company or be banned throughout the...more

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Privacy Tip #397 – TikTok and ByteDance File Suit Against the United States

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As threatened, TikTok, Inc. and ByteDance, Ltd., the owner of the TikTok app, filed suit against the United States on May 7, 2024, alleging that the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act...more

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Aid Package Signed by President Biden Includes Divestiture of TikTok Requirement

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President Biden signed a historical aid package into law on Tuesday that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region. The package also includes a bill increasing sanctions on Russian assets and requiring...more

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Ban TikTok Unless Divested from ByteDance

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Yesterday, with broad bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (352-65) to support the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, designed to begin the process...more

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Privacy Tip #391 – Potential Ban on TikTok in US Follows Ban in Other Countries

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The bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives potentially banning TikTok’s use in the U.S. is not a novel idea. The federal government has already banned TikTok’s use for federal employees, some states have banned...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2024

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CYBERSECURITY - TechRadar's Cyber Predictions for 2024 are Spot On - Because technology develops so rapidly, and “trends” are fast and furious, it is always hard to predict what the big issues will be for the next...more

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Privacy Tip #384 – Montana Appeals Order Blocking Ban of TikTok

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Montana’s legislature last year passed legislation, signed by the Governor, to ban the use of TikTok within the borders of the state, seeking to protect Montana consumers’ personal information and limit spying by the Chinese...more

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Privacy Tip #377 – China’s Threat to US: Watch 60 Minutes with the Five Eyes

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If you didn’t get to watch “60 Minutes” on Sunday and see the “Five Eyes” warn us all about China, put it on your list to watch soon. The Five Eyes are the intelligence leaders of five allied countries: U.S., Canada,...more

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The FAR Council’s Implementation of the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act” - Applicability, Limited Exceptions and the FAR...

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Background - In December of 2022, Congress passed the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act” as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to address the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data. This...more

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TikTok Time is Up: Montana Becomes the First U.S. State to Ban the App

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Only two months after a federal bill was introduced to ban TikTok nationwide, Montana has become the first U.S. state to officially ban TikTok from operating in the state. Governor Greg Gianforte signed S.B 419 into law on...more

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Is Time Really Up for TikTok? – Details from the House Committee Hearing with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew

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Last week, in its most high-profile effort yet to focus attention on data privacy and security, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce held a hearing with TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew. The full-Committee hearing was high...more

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Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security Threats

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Chinese company ByteDance faces growing concerns from governments and regulators that its user data from its popular short video-sharing app TikTok could be handed over to the Chinese government. The concern is based on...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

“Why Can’t We Just Ban It?”: Legal, Political, And Technological Difficulties With Banning Tiktok

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This article is the second article in a three-part series. The first article detailed the procedural posture of the failed executive actions to create a TikTok ban. This article discusses the current Congressional attempt to...more

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“Why Can’t We Just Ban It?”: How The American Government Has Bungled The TikTok Ban

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Over the past two months, the national security threats posed by the TikTok app have been more exposed than the individuals posting the videos to TikTok. Yet despite those risks, Americans continue to post content to the app,...more

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Nineteen States Have Banned TikTok on Government-Issued Devices

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Governors of numerous states have issued Executive Orders in the past several weeks banning TikTok from government-issued devices and many have already implemented a ban, with others considering similar measures. There is...more

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Privacy Tip #350 - Let’s All Ban the Use of TikTok Voluntarily

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I continue to marvel at how many Americans are using TikTok but are oblivious to the fact that they are being duped by one of our foreign adversaries—the Chinese Communist Party. Folks, listen to and heed the warnings of both...more

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South Dakota Governor Bans State Workers from Using TikTok

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It is estimated that some 80 million Americans and more than one billion people use TikTok. It is well known that TikTok has a direct connection to the Chinese Communist Party, which is a foreign adversary of the U.S. This...more

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The FCC Wants You to Delete TikTok

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FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr asserted that TikTok poses an “unacceptable national security risk” in a letter to the CEOs of Google and Apple urging the companies to remove the app from their mobile app stores. According to...more

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EO prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in certain transactions involving eight Chinese apps

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On 5 January 2021, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13971 on "Addressing the Threat Posed By Applications and Other Software Developed or Controlled By Chinese Companies," which prohibits U.S. persons from...more

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The Trump Administration's Executive Order to Ban Transactions with Persons Developing or Controlling Eight Chinese Apps

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On January 5, 2021, President Trump issued Executive Order 13971 (the “Executive Order”) that provides for prohibitions on U.S. persons engaging in transactions with persons that develop or control any of the following eight...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.15.2020 | Top Story: Moderates Push Skinnier Covid Relief Bill that Strips Out Sticking Points

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The latest lame-duck Covid relief package proposal would trim about 150 billion dollars (and a number of key sticking points, including funds “to bolster state and local governments, and a temporary coronavirus liability...more

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TikTok, Nosy Apps And Your IT Security: What Employers Should Know

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Memes, funny videos and entertaining dance routines are often what go viral on social media these days … but earlier this year, it was a warning about social media that became the talk — or should we say Tok — of the...more

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The Courts Step In To Protect TikTok From The Trump Administration

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In a dramatic Sunday morning hearing (conducted remotely via telephone), lawyers for TikTok and the Trump Administration battled over whether the government’s order banning TikTok from the Apple and Google app stores would...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.28.2020 | Top Story: Federal Court Halts White House Ban on TIkTok App-Store Downloads

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A federal judge has delivered another win for TikTok over the weekend, temporarily blocking a White House ban “on new downloads of the video-sharing network, which would have gone into effect at 11:59 p.m. in Washington.” The...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.21.2020 | Top Story: White House Signs Off on Deal for Oracle & Walmart to Take Stake in TikTok

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The White House has given its crucial imprimatur to a deal for Oracle (and Walmart) to take a stake in Chinese video app TikTok, “an agreement that will delay the U.S. government’s threat to block the popular app in the...more

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