TikTok Getting Ban In U.S? What To Do Next.
Tiktok is more like a reel app and they lost in a challenge to the law in the United States which will get TikTok ban in U.S. The owner of TikTok ByteDance is told to sell to a non-Chinese company but an appeal has been pledged to the Supreme Court.
The most reason U.S is banning TikTok is because TikTok is owned by a Chinese company ByteDance which can make the Chinese government get access to sensitive data of the U.S citizens via TikTok. This made the United States government decided to ban the TikTok unless the Chinese company ByteDance is willing to sell it to non-Chinese company or an approved buyer by the U.S government.
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This law legislation was signed by Former President Biden which they gave ByteDance up to a year to sell the company. ByteDance lost when they tried to overturn the law on 6th of December 2024. There were three panel of federal judges that rejected ByteDance’s argument that violated the First Amendment. ByteDance has not given up, they still appealed the decision to the Supreme Court.
TikTok could be banned in mid-January and over 170 million users in the U.S will be affected unless there a court order injunction to pause the ban. from taking effect. There are rumors that he new elected President Donald J. Trump will try and rescue TikTok from getting ban in the United States.
Why Is United States Serious About The Ban Of TikTok?
It all comes down to the sensitive information like location of user in the United States. There are laws in Chinese Government that allows all companies in china to secretly to give data for intelligence-gathering operation. Meaning the Chinese Government can demand the data of all the U.S users of TikTok anytime for their operation.
The U.S Government are worried Chinese government could use TikTok’s content recommendation to misinform the users. As we know people consume and likely believe anything they see online and this concern has escalated in the U.S before even though TikTok has denied that allegations.
How Will The TikTok Ban Work?
The ban is always aimed at distributors of the app like app store and play stores or other internet hosting companies. If the ban takes effect and any of the distributor still distribute, the federal government will impose a civil penalty on them.
The former treasury secretary has brought together a group of investors to push the sale of TikTok. Billionaire Frank McCourt has expressed interest in purchasing TikTok and also large American Corporation or coalition of private equity firms.
Concerns has been. raised among advocates about the Sell-or-be-banned initiation for digital rights and that the U.S Government may undermine it role in the promotion of the ‘Open and Free’ internet not to be controlled by an individual countries.
When Can The Ban Take Effect?
By 19th and January it could take effect unless the Supreme Court takes up TikTok’s appeal that will pause the ban. ByteDance and TikTok could consider a sale under terms of the new law and this could eventual give more month for TikTok to operate in the U.S. Also people are waiting for Trump’s administration to save the app from getting ban.
