TikTok still faces a US ban if not sold by January 19, after a federal appeals court ruled that Congress has the power to take action to protect US interests
Divest-or-Sell Order Slated to Go Into Effect Next Month Forbes : Sources: Tim Cook and senior Apple execs have been discussing how best to respond to potential TikTok ban, conceding there is nothing they can do but comply Streiff / RedState : Appeals Court Rules TikTok Has Six Weeks to Break Ties With China or Go Out of Business David Cohen / Adweek : Federal Appeals Court Upholds Law That Could Lead to TikTok Ban Kay Johnson / theJasmineBRAND : TikTok Moves Closer To U.S. Ban As Appeals Court Upholds Sale Mandate Douglas Charles / BroBible : TikTok Users Not Happy About Federal Court Ruling Requiring App's Sale Or Ban Ryan Deffenbaugh / Investor's Business Daily : Meta, Snap Stocks Gain After TikTok Ban Upheld By Federal Appeals Court CBS News : Appeals court upholds law that could ban TikTok in U.S. ACLU : ACLU Slams Appeals Court Decision Upholding TikTok Ban Lori Lundin / Voice of America : The problems of TikTok and plastic Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel : US Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban Law iClarified : U.S. Appeals Court Upholds ‘TikTok Ban’ Josh Dickey / The Wrap : TikTok Ban Looms in US as Federal Court Denies Appeal Dara Kerr / The Guardian : US appeals court upholds law forcing sale or ban of TikTok Punchbowl News : TikTok now scrambles to kick ban to Trump Nicole Silberstein / Retail TouchPoints : Federal Court Upholds TikTok Ban Alex Swoyer / Washington Times : Clock is ticking: TikTok could go dark in U.S. on Jan. 19 as federal court upholds ban Bluesky: Timothy B. Lee / @binarybits : I think it's weird that civil liberties groups aren't more concerned about potential censorship by foreign governments. The US government isn't perfect but the Chinese government has a much worse record when it comes to free speech. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... [image] Eric Schultz / @wwahammy.com : I hate TikTok. I think their design is addictive to the point that it probably should be illegal. — The TikTok ban though is HORRIBLE policy. There's no reasonable justification why TikTok should be treated that much differently than every other platform out there. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... Thor Benson / @thorbenson : It's time for The Onion to buy TikTok [embedded post] Kurt Opsahl / @kurtopsahl : Now China will need to surveil and do influence operations the old fashioned way. Paying data brokers and online influencers. www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24... Rachel Gilmore / @rachelgilmore : The TikTok ban ruling is just so laughable. — If the issue is the China link, Meta has shared US data with Huawei. — Meanwhile, only one platform is coming under this kind of scrutiny. — And it just so happens to be the ONLY platform where news influencers with left-leaning views outpace the right. … @techandcoffee.techhub.social.ap.brid.g y : TikTok divest-or-ban law upheld by federal court / / The ruling could still ultimately be appealed to the Supreme Court. The Verge| — https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/ 24297454/tiktok-divest-or-ban-dc- circuit-court-appeals — #ban #bytedance #chinese #spying — #SocialMedia #socialnetwork [...] @radiofreeamanda : Make no mistake: TikTok is just the another front in the new Cold War on China. — Like the US ban on Huawei, this has nothing to do with “national security” and everything to do with our capitalist class's fears over a Chinese company threatening US dominance over the tech sector. John Gramlich / @johngramlich : Many TikTok users may be in for a rude awakening: In a July survey, 54% considered it unlikely that the app would be banned in the US: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/ ... The DC Circuit today upheld the law that could lead to a TikTok ban: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... [image] @dnas.is : This is happening because TikTok is not operated by an American oligarch that is subservient to the new administration [embedded post] Alejandra Caraballo / @esqueer.net : Tiktok ban upheld by the DC Circuit. They can appeal to SCOTUS but may ultimately not be successful. By this time next year, we could only be left with Meta, Twitter, and Bluesky for social media with Meta essentially having a monopoly. This should be a wake up call for everyone. Mastodon: Sascha Pallenberg / @pallenberg@mastodon.social : “TikTok faces a US ban if it is not sold by January 19!” — I just hope European lawmakers will copy this US-playbook. Ban #TikTok — https://www.wsj.com/... Threads: Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Pending appeal, enforcement is now in the hands of Apple and Google. What will flip-flopping Trump do? https://www.wsj.com/... Kurt Wagner / @kurtwag8 : NEW: An appeals court in DC upheld a U.S. law that would ban TikTok starting in January. The company had hoped the court would strike down the law. Not happening. TikTok needs to find some other way to survive (perhaps the Supreme Court?) https://www.bloomberg.com/... X: @tiktokpolicy : TikTok Statement on Court Decision: “The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting Americans' right to free speech, and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue. Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people. The TikTok ban, unless stopped, will silence the voices of over 170 million Americans here in the US and around the world on January 19th, 2025.” @kalshi : BREAKING: US court upholds law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok in US Odds TikTok is banned before May are surging [image] Rep. August Pfluger / @reppfluger : I am pleased to see that the DC circuit of appeals voted unanimously for TikTok to divest from ByteDance. It is time we protect American's crucial information and security from our foreign adversaries. Rep. Randy Feenstra / @repfeenstra : TikTok's parent company - ByteDance - is largely controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, which directly exposes Americans to Chinese data collection, surveillance, and propaganda. The D.C. Court of Appeals got it right by ensuring that TikTok can no longer spy on Americans. Jack Appleby / @jappleby : I have an extremely hard time believing TikTok will ever be banned in the US. It may not be owned by ByteDance in the end, but too many US citizens would be upset if the app went away. It'll stay Byte or get sold for an unprecedented number. Mike Pence / @mike_pence : Today's ruling by a federal appeals court that China's TikTok can be banned in the U.S. is a win for the security and privacy of the American people. Jason Miyares / @jasonmiyaresva : BREAKING: A federal court just agreed with a 21-State coalition led by Virginia and Montana and upheld Congress's statute that bans TikTok in the US unless TikTok's parent company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party sells the platform. This decision protects Americans from Adrian Zenz / @adrianzenz : Breaking: The DC District Court unanimously rejects TikTok's challenge to the U.S. government. The company will have to divest from its Chinese parent ByteDance by January 2025 or face a full ban in the US. This can drastically curtail the CCP's influence over American society. [image] Kaya Yurieff / @kyurieff : TikTok is expected to ask the Supreme Court to freeze implementation of the ban-or-sell law while it pursues further appeals. ByteDance has been betting an injunction will give it enough time to hash out a deal with the Trump administration. New: https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : The fact that ByteDance's founder was called a “traitor” in China for considering selling its business four years ago is...pretty good evidence that the Chinese govt views TikTok as a national security asset for China! [image] Rep. Dan Bishop / @repdanbishop : Having never used TikTok, I'll never regret my vote against this ban. No greater act of arrogance and disregard for Americans' most basic right than to strip 170 million of their chosen means of expression in one fell swoop. The government is servant, not master. Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald : Many Trump supporters celebrating the court's approval of the Biden TikTok ban seem to be unaware that Donald Trump opposes this law to ban TikTok and has vowed to reverse it. https://www.pbs.org/... Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald : Here's the @ACLU today slamming the appellate court for upholding the TikTok ban, calling it “a major blow to freedom of expression” and “a dangerous precedent that gives the government far too much power to silence Americans.” Trump vowed to stop this: https://www.aclu.org/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Re-reading text of the TikTok divestiture/ban bill that a court just upheld, given that Trump opposes it. It feels a little squishy when it comes to “shall” vs “may” when it comes to AG enforcement. In short, it seems to say both. https://www.congress.gov/... Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald : An appellate court just upheld the bipartisan law — signed by Biden — to force ByteDance to sell TikTok or have it fully banned in the US. Empowering the USG to ban major social media is a dangerous power which Trump, thankfully, has vowed to reverse. Here's why it happened: Wendy R. Anderson / @wendyranderson : TikTok claimed the bipartisan divestiture bill 👇 threatened free speech. Today, the DC Circuit Court ruled otherwise, affirming the govt acted to protect freedom from a foreign adversary. Message is clear: TikTok isn't a free speech issue-it's a threat to the Free World. Rep. Dusty Johnson / @repdustyjohnson : Tick Tock, TikTok. https://apnews.com/... @committeeonccp : Chairman @RepMoolenaar's statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit's decision to uphold the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Applications Act to divest TikTok from Chinese Communist Party control. [image] Rep. Jake Auchincloss / @repauchincloss : The courts are upholding the law. Now Trump must. Blocking divestment would be a win for the CCP and a setback for efforts towards responsible social media. Tom Cotton / @sentomcotton : The appeals court was right to uphold the bipartisan law forcing TikTok to be divested from Chinese Communist Party ownership. TikTok is a spy app that steals Americans' data while pushing propaganda on our kids. Joe Moschella / @joemosch : Remember that the US government submitted briefs that contained classified information regarding TikTok's risks. And in a surprisingly clear statement, the DC court just called China a “foreign adversary nation” and did not hedge in making that adversary's connection to the app. [image] Mike Gallagher / @repgallagher : TikTok spent months arguing that our bipartisan divestiture bill was a threat to free speech, but the DC Circuit Court concluded the exact opposite. In today's ruling, the Court stated, “The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States. Here the Government Joe Lonsdale / @jtlonsdale : This is the correct legal and natsec decision. We cannot allow an adversary to own top US media properties, nor root access to our populace, deciding what goes viral for 100 million Americans. It has no bearing on censoring or expropriating Meta, X or any US-owned platform. [image] @reaganinstitute : According to the latest Reagan National Defense Survey, 70% of Americans believe that information operations conducted by foreign governments influence opinions and attitudes in the United States. More here: https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ ... Michael Sobolik / @michaelsobolik : Remember all those voices saying the TikTok bill violated free speech? The DC District Court just ruled unanimously that the bill *protects* free speech. Good day for America. Melissa Chen / @msmelchen : 🚨 BREAKING: Federal judges unanimously vote to uphold a TikTok ban, which would make the platform temporarily unavailable in the U.S. unless it's sold to an American owner next month. @elonmusk has another opportunity to do the funniest thing here 🇺🇸 🚀 Mark Dubowitz / @mdubowitz : Great news: Force the CCP to sell TikTok to a U.S. company or face a ban. Would we have let the Nazis control American radios in WWII or Stalin dominate TV networks during the Cold War? Then why let the CCP control a massive social media platform? @heritage_action : Every day that TikTok is allowed to operate in the United States is another day that China can collect data on American citizens & sharpen its ability to exploit them. @Heritage_Action applauds the DC Circuit Courts UNANIMOUS decision to uphold @RepGallagher's bill. 👏 @committeeonccp : 🚨BREAKING: In a UNANIMOUS decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has UPHELD the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Applications Act to divest TikTok from Chinese Communist Party ownership. ⬇️ https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/ ... [image] @luke_metro : So now that TikTok is for sale and crypto is back ... who's working on TikTokDAO? Dean Withers / @itsdeaann : TikTok's Ban Appeal got rejected, I'm cooked😭 HUGE Day for Dean Haters John Gramlich / @johngramlich : Many TikTok users may be in for a rude awakening: In a July survey, 54% considered it unlikely that the app would be banned in the US: https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... The DC Circuit today upheld the law that could lead to a TikTok ban: https://www.nbcnews.com/... [image] Frank Luntz / @frankluntz : TikTok must be sold off to an American owner by January 19, 2025 or it will be banned from operation in the U.S. The federal court added that President Trump can grant a 90-day extension to the ban based on progress of the sell-off process at the time. @moreperfectus : BREAKING: Federal judges have unanimously voted to uphold the TikTok ban, saying the platform could be barred in the U.S. unless it's sold to an American owner by Jan. 19, 2025. https://www.nbcnews.com/... Attorney General Russell Coleman / @kyoag : TikTok has exploited Kentucky kids to turn a profit. We supported this bipartisan federal law to protect our children and national security. We're also taking the Chinese social media platform to court in Kentucky to answer for the harm they caused. https://www.wsj.com/... Tyler Bishop / @tylerbishop : Interesting. I'll be bold and guess they exit America. Can't imagine a sale; in any form https://www.theverge.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Re-reading text of the TikTok divestiture/ban bill that a court just upheld, given that Trump opposes it. It feels a little quishy when it comes to “shall” vs “may” when it comes to AG enforcement. In short, it seems to say both. https://www.congress.gov/... Zoe Kleinman / @zsk : Next step: Supreme Court? Or Trump... the deadline for TikTok's sale is the day before his inauguration m. On the one hand, he doesn't hate TikTok anymore, he hates Facebook- on the other, he would probably like to see a US-owned TikTok https://www.bbc.com/... Daphne Keller / @daphnehk : TikTok ruling is out: “We conclude the portions of the Act the petitioners have standing to challenge, that is the provisions concerning TikTok and its related entities,survive constitutional scrutiny. We therefore deny the petitions” https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : TikTok still faces a US ban if it doesn't sell its app by Jan 19, a federal appeals court decided: https://www.bloomberg.com/... LinkedIn: Devin DeBacker : Earlier this year, Congress enacted the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which addressed … Emil Protalinski : Will the US ban TikTok on January 19, 2025? — That's what the law currently states, assuming nobody acquires TikTok first. … Forums: r/GoodAssSub : TikTok will be banned in the United States next month if it doesn't get sold to an American. r/OptimistsUnite : Tiktok divestment law upheld by Federal court. 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