The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or face a U.S. ban. Now the question is whether Donald Trump will enforce this law.

Jan 17, 2025 · ByteDance's Lemon8 gains traction Supreme Court TikTok mounted a free speech challenge to a bipartisan law that would ban the app on national security grounds if its Chinese owner does not sell it.

Mar 18, 2024 · Can the Chinese Communist Party manipulate ByteDance or TikTok? As a China-based company, ByteDance is subject to a myriad of national intelligence, data security and cybersecurity laws.

Mar 12, 2024 · Chinese leader Xi Jinping has declared, “Whoever controls big data technologies will control the resources for development and have the upper hand.” ByteDance, the Chinese conglomerate behind the social media phenomenon TikTok, is central to Beijing ’s plans for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy.

Jan 21, 2025 · Chinese authorities appear to be softening their stance on the fate of TikTok, possibly paving the way for Beijing-based ByteDance to begin talks with American investors, according to a report, citing people familiar with the matter. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Reuters File.

Jan 17, 2025 · Prelogar told the justices last week that having the law take effect “might be just the jolt” ByteDance needs to reconsider its position. Tags associated press tik tok tiktok ban trump biden ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Incoming President Donald Trump said Friday that he has discussed solving the problem of TikTok with China’s president Xi Jinping. The social media platform owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance is...

Jan 19, 2025 · He invited Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to his inauguration on Monday. The two spoke by phone on Friday, ... ByteDance, sold it to investors not tied to a “foreign adversary.”

Jan 18, 2025 · The law called for ByteDance to sell the app by January 19 or face a ban. While critics of the ban say similar data and privacy concerns exist for U.S. social media platforms, the issue of...

Jan 9, 2025 · TikTok and its parent company ByteDance face a law specifically written by Congress about them. ... Xi Jinping announced soon after taking office that “whoever controls big data technologies ...