Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell on Wednesday pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to deny TikTok and its parent company ByteDance’s request to block a law that would force the sale of the app or face a nationwide ban by January 19. The case, rooted in national security concerns, has been scheduled for oral arguments on…
TikTok has filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to block the enforcement of a federal law that could compel the platform to shut down in the United States by Jan. 19, 2025. The petition challenges the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, signed into law in…
TikTok must act swiftly to bring its case before the U.S. Supreme Court after an appeals court rejected its request for additional time on Friday. The decision leaves TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, with less than a month to comply with a new law requiring ByteDance to divest from the popular short-video app…
U.S. Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging Connecticut Anti-Harassment Rule The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reignited a legal battle on Monday, allowing plaintiffs to challenge Connecticut’s anti-harassment and anti-discrimination rule for lawyers. The court ruled that the plaintiffs, attorneys Mario Cerame and Timothy Moynahan, had standing to pursue their claims that the rule violates…
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Divestiture Law: Ban Looms by January 19 A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to sell its U.S. operations by January 19, 2024, or face a nationwide ban. This ruling represents a significant victory for the Justice Department and national…
TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young users. These lawsuits, submitted separately in New York, California, the District of Columbia, and 11 other states, expand TikTok’s legal battles with U.S. regulators and seek…
Texas sued TikTok on Thursday, accusing the social media platform of violating children’s privacy and state law by sharing their personal identifying information without parental consent. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit in Galveston County, seeking an injunction and civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation of the state’s Securing Children…
TikTok and a group of creators have enlisted two prominent U.S. Supreme Court lawyers to challenge a U.S. law that forces China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets or face a ban. Andrew Pincus from Mayer Brown will represent TikTok and ByteDance, while Jeffrey Fisher of Stanford Law School will advocate for content creators when…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it referred a complaint against the social media platform TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to the Justice Department over potential violations of children’s privacy. In March, a source told Reuters the FTC could resolve a probe into TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices…