It will all end in flames

Dec 21 from https://mashable.com/tech

Albania is banning TikTok for one year, citing growing violence among teens

TikTok will be temporarily banned, as the country explored social media's effect on youth violence. Credit: Asanka Ratnayake / Stringer / Getty Images News by Getty Images Albania joins a growing list of countries banning or temporarily blocking TikTok, with the state declaring a one-year prohibition of the platform. The decision comes after nationwide protest and government unrest following...

Continue Reading on https://mashable.com/tech

Dec 18 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/

Supreme Court to hear challenge to banning TikTok in U.S.

The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will quickly take up TikTok’s challenge to a federal law that would shutter the popular platform next month unless the company divests from Chinese ownership. The justices said they would consider whether the law, passed with bipartisan support to address national security concerns, violates the First Amendment rights of millions of TikTok users and the...

Continue Reading on https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/

Dec 17 from https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

EU opens probe into TikTok over suspected Romania election interference

The European Commission opened formal proceedings Tuesday against social media firm TikTok over its suspected failure to limit election interference, notably in the Romanian presidential vote last month. The European Union’s executive arm said it will request information and look into TikTok’s policy on political advertisements and paid-for political content as well as TikTok’s systems to...

Continue Reading on https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

Dec 16 from https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

Trump meets with TikTok CEO at Mar-a-Lago as company asks Supreme Court to intervene in fight over federal ban

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump met with the head of TikTok at his Mar-a-Lago club Monday afternoon, a person familiar with the meeting told CNN, as the social media giant is asking the Supreme Court to wade into a court fight over use of the app in the United States. The pre-scheduled meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Chew is believed to be the first time the men have met since Trump’s...

Continue Reading on https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

Dec 16 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/

TikTok asks Supreme Court to block law that would shut down app in U.S.

TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a federal law that would shut down the wildly popular platform in the United States next month unless the company divests from Chinese ownership. The company’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to put on hold a lower-court ruling that clears the way for the law. They asked the high court to intervene before Jan. 19, the deadline Congress set for...

Continue Reading on https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/

Dec 13 from https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

Apple and Google must prepare to remove TikTok from app stores by Jan. 19, lawmakers warn

Reuters — Google-parent Alphabet and Apple must be ready to remove TikTok from their U.S. app stores on January 19, two US lawmakers said in a letter to the companies’ CEOs Friday. The bipartisan letter came from two leaders of the US House of Representatives’ committee on China: Republican Representative John Moolenaar, who is the committee’s chair, and the group’s top Democrat...

Continue Reading on https://edition.cnn.com/business/tech

Opposing views

Other publications have chosen to cover this issue differently...

Elsewhere

  1. Substack