Freeing TikTok: Ending Chinese control of the social media platform would enhance free speech

It didn’t take Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling book The Anxious Generation to alert us to social media’s pernicious effects on children and teenagers. And it turns out that TikTok, a digital application ... Read More

Don't use TikTok? Here's what to know about the popular app and its potential ban in US

President Biden on Wednesday signed into law a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok. But what does that mean if you aren't on the app? Read More

TikTok China parent firm says no plans to sell app

TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance says it has no intention of selling the business after the US passed a law that will force it to sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in America. Read More

TikTok may be banned in the US. Here’s what happened when India did it

TikTok may be banned in the US. Here’s what happened when India did it - The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won co ... Read More

How TikTok’s Chinese parent company will rely on an American right to keep the app alive

TikTok’s expected legal challenge to a law signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden forcing the popular app’s parent company to spin off its US operations could be a seminal moment in First Amendment ... Read More

TikTok ban: Why the app could really disappear soon

People have been talking about banning TikTok for longer than they haven’t – but it could finally be on its way ... Read More

US Senate Passes TikTok Divestment-or-Ban Bill, Biden Set to Make It Law

The US Senate voted by a wide margin late Tuesday in favor of legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if its owner, the Chinese tech firm ByteDance, fails to divest the popular short ... Read More

In China, Blinken Urges Fair Treatment of American Companies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday called on China to provide a level playing field for American businesses as he began a visit aimed at resolving a raft of contentious issues that could ... Read More

Biden Signs Ukraine Aid, TikTok Ban Bills after Republican Battle

President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new US aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the ... Read More

Israel Gave US Last-Minute Warning About Drone Attack on Iran, Italian FM Says at G7

The United States told the Group of Seven foreign ministers on Friday that it received “last minute” information from Israel about a drone action in Iran, Italy’s foreign minister said. Italian ... Read More

US Military to Begin Plans to Withdraw Troops from Niger

The United States will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger, US officials said Saturday, in what experts say is a blow to Washington and its allies in the region in terms of staging security ... Read More