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TikTok on the Chopping Block: Will the U.S. Ban the Popular Social Media App?

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 10/18/2024

On September 16, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments in the seminal case of TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, which centers around the potential ban of TikTok under the Protecting...more

GOP AGs & DOJ Choreograph Separate Actions Against TikTok

Cozen O'Connor on 8/9/2024

A group of 21 Republican AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland, No.24-1113, in support of the U.S. DOJ and urging the court to deny the petition for...more

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/9/2024

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

Aid Package Signed by President Biden Includes Divestiture of TikTok Requirement

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/25/2024

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

Beyond TikTok: Unraveling the American Data Dilemma

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP on 4/16/2024

The recent passage of H.R.7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”), by the House of Representatives aims to restrict TikTok to U.S. users unless the platform’s parent...more

TikTok on the Clock: Proposed Legislation to Unwind TikTok from Ownership Group

McGlinchey Stafford on 3/21/2024

On March 13, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the Act) in a bipartisan vote, which would require the popular social media site TikTok...more

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/14/2024

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

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

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 5/22/2023

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

Biden Administration Rescinds Trump's TikTok and WeChat Bans, Issues Two Executive Orders Highlighting Policies on Chinese Tech...

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/15/2021

Earlier this month, President Biden issued two executive orders designed to address risks allegedly posed by Chinese technology companies. One order rescinds President Trump's orders banning TikTok, WeChat, and other Chinese...more

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