After a year of laying low, ByteDance’s crown jewel faces a serious new threat

Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the U.S. House of Representatives that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six months to divest the popular short video app.

The former Republican president said: "If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook ... will double their business," and added he does not want Facebook "doing better."

Das große Bild: Ein wichtiger Ausschuss des Repräsentantenhauses stimmte am Donnerstag einstimmig für eine parteiübergreifende Gesetzgebung, die die chinesische Muttergesellschaft von TikTok, ByteDance, dazu zwingen würde, ihre Anteile an der App innerhalb von 165 Tagen zu veräußern. Die Kongressmitglieder wurden mit Anrufen verärgerter Wähler überschwemmt, nachdem TikTok seinen Nutzern mitgeteilt hatte, dass die beliebte Social-Media-App in den USA von der Schließung bedroht sei. Das Weiße Haus hat angedeutet, dass Präsident Biden das Gesetz unterzeichnen würde.

The thought of a TikTok ban may have gotten plenty of appreciation in the past but a new study proves how American adults as well as teens are showing a dramatic decrease in terms of support for such an act.For those who might not be aware, the TikTok ban took center stage after its parent firm ByteDance was slammed for having such close ties with governmental parties in the country.

The U.S. government demands unprecedented control over TikTok. The platform and government regulators have allegedly been negotiating a deal for over four years to allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S., Forbes reported on Monday. A draft agreement from 2022 would have allowed the government to examine TikTok facilities with minimal notice and block changes to the app’s U.S. terms of service, though given the radio silence on negotiations since March, it’s unclear what happened with that potential agreement.

The new bill would block companies including TikTok from transferring Americans’ personal data to countries such as China.

TikTok soll ab Januar in dem US-Bundesstaat aus den App-Stores verschwinden – so will es ein neues Gesetz. Nutzer der Plattform wollen das aber nicht hinnehmen.

The legislation is the most extreme prohibition of the app in the nation and will almost certainly face legal challenges.

Montana’s TikTok ban sets up a legal and logistical test for broader efforts to restrict access to the wildly popular video-sharing app in the United States.

Montana has become the first US state to ban TikTok, forbidding the popular social media app from operating within the state’s borders.

And why doing so wouldn't address concerns about data collection, algorithm addiction, or anything else

Gov. Greg Gianforte is requesting amendments to the bill to broaden it to all social-media apps that provide certain data to foreign adversaries

The Verge met with lawmakers, creators, and civil rights experts to determine whether the government will ban TikTok.

Das Abgeordnetenhaus von Montana verabschiedete ein Gesetz, welches das Totalverbot für TikTok ermöglichen soll. Sollte es umgesetzt werden, dürfte die App ab kommenden Januar nicht mehr zum Download in App-Stores angeboten werden. Zudem dürfte TikTok nicht mehr als Unternehmen in dem Bundesstaat tätig sein.

TikTok's App Store net revenue, not including revenue from China, was just a rounding error away from $1,000,000,000 in 2022. That's a billion dollars. And that's after TikTok pays Apple for the privilege of being in the App Store.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday lawmakers will move forward with legislation to address national security worries about TikTok, alleging China's government had access to the short video app's user data.

„Any fair mechanism addressing TikTok’s risks should also apply to American companies selling data internationally or to US intelligence services“. It turns out that there is no US law clearly governing the access that Beijing or Moscow-based employees of any tech or social media company have to the personal data of US citizens that use their services. Alex Stamos, former chief security officer of Facebook and Yahoo, demands for a new privacy law for all tech companies in the USA instead of pure populistic attacks on TikTok.

But the poll shows sharp divisions between generations, political parties and people who actually use the app.

TikTok’s CEO provided carefully worded responses to US senators’ questions.