TikTok Ban

TikTok’s future in the US has perhaps never been in more doubt than it is right now. Since its introduction to the US in 2018, the short-form video app has been fighting against increased scrutiny from US lawmakers about its ties to ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns it. Follow here for all of Vox’s coverage about TikTok’s future in the US.

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Montana just banned TikTok for everyone in the state. Can it actually do that?
Vox - Li Zhou
TikTok is now suing the state over its new policy. Last week, Montana became the first state in the United States to ban TikTok, amid concerns lawmakers have raised over the Chinese government’s potential ability to access the app’s data. The move — which comes as the federal government and other …
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9 questions about the attempts to ban TikTok, answered
Recode - Sara Morrison
So you heard TikTok’s being banned. Here’s what’s actually happening. Since its introduction to the US in 2018, TikTok has been fighting for its right to exist. First, the company struggled to convince the public that it wasn’t just for preteens making cringey memes; then it had to make the case …
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The RESTRICT Act is more bad news for TikTok
Vox - Sara Morrison
Sens. Mark Warner and John Thune have a bipartisan bill to deal with TikTok and beyond. There might be a new way to deal with TikTok in DC: a bipartisan bill from Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD) that isn’t a TikTok ban — though it could lead to one. It also doesn’t just address TikTok …
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Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse?
Vox - Rebecca Jennings
The case for and against TikTok as a cultural force. You’ve likely heard that the US government is trying to ban TikTok. Lawmakers want to force TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, and become a fully US-based company; if that doesn’t work (the Chinese government has said …
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3 winners and 3 losers from Congress’s TikTok hearing
Vox - Sara Morrison
TikTok, and its CEO Shou Chew, never really stood a chance. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s much-hyped hearing on TikTok, featuring CEO Shou Chew, took place Thursday without many fireworks. But over the course of five hours, lawmakers grilled Chew not only about TikTok’s or his own links …
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Is TikTok too big to ban?
Vox - Sara Morrison
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress as the future of his app is in doubt. Or maybe it’s all just a lot of posturing. It’s been a difficult few weeks for TikTok. An agreement with a government interagency group that it was depending on, which would allow the Chinese-owned app to …

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