Tag: tiktok

Feds back down on threat to shut down TikTok in US

November 13, 2020
The feds have backed down on their threat to ban TikTok — for now. The Commerce Department has decided not to enforce an order that would have shut down the popular short-video app in the US amid a court battle over the move. The agency announced the decision Thursday afternoon — just hours before the

Trump Is Fighting Harder To End TikTok Than The Coronavirus

August 1, 2020
Even though he has yet to develop a national strategy to fight the continued spread of the coronavirus, Donald Trump’s new focus appears to be on dismantling a social media platform. The president announced on Friday that he would act as soon as Saturday to ban the Chinese-owned video app, TikTok, in the United States,