U.S. users of TikTok briefly lost access to the platform Saturday evening ahead of the Jan. 19 deadline. This came after the Supreme Court ruled Friday that Congress’ TikTok ban is constitutional, despite widespread First Amendment concerns.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley -- who said he believes the Supreme Court ruled correctly "on the law" with TikTok -- said the problem right now is that China is preventing its sale to a U.S. buyer.  "I think somebody would buy it if China would sell it.
In what’s being called a “landmark ruling,” the US Supreme Court cleared the way for a controversial TikTok ban to take effect this weekend. “Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary to address its well-supported national security concerns regarding TikTok’s data collection practices and relationship with a foreign adversary,
NBC News received comments from Sens. Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Richard Blumenthal about the Supreme Court's ruling that the ban on Chinese-owned social media app TikTok can move forward this weekend.
The United States Supreme Court upheld a law on Friday that will force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or face a ban. However, the future of the platform is still unclear. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) praised the court's decision,
The human dancing videos and the cat dancing videos on TikTok have nothing on the dancing by politicians who voted for the law forcing its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to either sell the popular and
Paul said he was disappointed, adding, "I do believe that banning a social media app like TikTok is a violation of the First Amendment."
Last year, the Biden Administration signed a law that the Chinese company ByteDance, who owns the social media platform TikTok, needs to sell the company in a few weeks. Nyaradzo "Naya" Bere, a Colorado TikTok influencer,
President-elect Donald Trump expressed his support for TikTok's return at a rally on Sunday, after the platform briefly shut down for 14 hours due to a nationwide ban. The ban, which took effect on Sunday,
U.S. users of TikTok briefly lost access to the platform Saturday evening ahead of the Jan. 19 deadline. This came after the Supreme Court ruled Friday that Congress’ TikTok ban is constitutional, despite widespread First Amendment concerns.
Donald Trump is expected to have a busy first day in office after promising on the campaign trail left and right he will enact pardons, deal with immigration, gender policies and more on 'day one.'