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Washington — TikTok began restoring service to users in the United States following a temporary and voluntary shutdown that lasted less than a day. The company said Sunday that it was in the process of reinstating access after President-elect Donald Trump vowed to try to pause the ban by executive order on his first day
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TikTok voluntarily shut down service ahead of the controversial ban which took effect on Sunday. However, the social media app gave users the option to download their data despite losing service. TikTok sent a pop-up to users on Saturday evening saying, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.
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The clock is ticking for TikTok and its 170 million American users – CBS News Watch CBS News TikTok said it will be forced to go dark on Sunday and called on the Biden administration for clarification on the new law. A White House spokesperson Saturday called TikTok’s statement a “stunt.” Ali Bauman has the
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SCOTUS upholds TikTok ban unless parent company sells it SCOTUS upholds TikTok ban unless parent company sells it 02:26 Small businesses and content creators are bracing for impact if TikTok goes dark this weekend after the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning the app unless it is sold by its China-based parent company. Jessica
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Washington — The 170 million TikTok users in the U.S. could be in for a rude awakening come Sunday if they suddenly find the enormously popular video-sharing app is inaccessible because of a law passed by a bipartisan majority in Congress last year. Lawmakers and U.S. officials have sounded the alarm for years about the
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Although some major political figures will notably be absent from President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, some of the world’s most prominent business leaders are scheduled to attend his swearing-in. Top technology company CEOs, whose companies have collectively donated millions to Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee, are expected to have a conspicuous presence at the ceremony.
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Block, the parent company of popular online payment service Cash App, has been ordered by a federal agency to pay as much as $175 million because of repeated failures by the financial services provider to protect customers from fraud. Block has agreed to pay up to $120 million to consumers harmed by fraudulent transactions and
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TikTokers go to other apps before planned ban TikTokers turn to other apps before anticipated ban 03:15 Barring a last-minute change, the TikTok ban is set to happen on Sunday, Jan. 19. President Biden signed legislation last spring requiring either a sale or ban of the Chinese-owned app for national security reasons, and during the
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TikTok faces a possible ban in the U.S. later this month if a law that could require the social media app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to part ways with the platform takes effect as scheduled on Jan. 19. Specifically, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would make it illegal for app stores from Google or Apple, as
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Meta ending its fact-checking program Meta says it’s ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system 02:42 Meta plans to cut 5% of its workforce, or about 3,600 workers, with the social media giant focusing on eliminating low-performing employees. The layoffs, earlier reported by Bloomberg News, were confirmed by Meta, which had
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