Beijing-based internet company ByteDance. According to TikTok, about 60% of the parent company is owned by global institutional investors, 20% by the company’s founders and 20% by employees. When will TikTok be banned in the US? If the Supreme Court does ...
TikTok is no longer available in the United States —at least for now. But it’s not the only ByteDance-owned app that’s currently blocked for US-based users.
The Supreme Court issued its opinion on the looming ban of TikTok in America upholding that the law will stay in effect, essentially forcing the app’s Chinese owner to sell its American holdings by Sunday or be forced to go dark.
The Supreme Court has decided to uphold the law that will ban TikTok on Jan. 19 if its parent company ByteDance continues to refuse to sell the app before then.
TikTok, the short-form video app known for dance challenges, viral trends and an algorithm said to know users better than they knew themselves, died in the U.S. Sunday. First launched in the United States in 2018, the app quickly became the most downloaded ...
Political shifts and legal hurdles have delayed TikTok's removal, with Biden reportedly kicking the issue to Trump.
ByteDance has not publicly indicated any willingness to sell its TikTok stake. TikTok has told employees that they will still have jobs regardless of the Supreme Court ruling. In the event of an ...
TikTok owner ByteDance is reportedly still searching for non-sale options to stay in the US after the Supreme Court upheld a national security law requiring that TikTok's US operations either be shut down or sold to a non-foreign adversary.
Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ensure TikTok stays online in the US — and suggested there may be
After hearing arguments on Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to uphold the law, meaning that TikTok will be banned effective if the parent company ByteDance does not sell the company by Sunday.
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the TikTok ban, and Trump has issued a statement regarding the matter.
TikTok could fade to black in the U.S. in a matter of days after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal to halt a law that will ban the popular video app as of Jan. 19 unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake. “There is no doubt that, for more than ...