![]() ![]() It was later blocked in the Senate by a forced vote on 29 March 2023. On January 25, 2023, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill to ban the platform nationwide. On March 17, 2023, the FBI and US Justice Department officially launched an investigation of TikTok, including allegations that the company spied on American journalists. ![]() Days after the Biden administration called on ByteDance, which owns TikTok, to sell the platform or face a ban, law enforcement officials disclosed that an investigation into TikTok was taking place. On December 30, 2022, President Joe Biden approved the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, prohibiting the use of the app on devices owned by the federal government, with some exceptions. The White House said that, "The Biden Administration is committed to promoting an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure Internet protecting human rights online and offline and supporting a vibrant, global digital economy." Despite revoking these Executive Orders, the Biden Administration's EO 14304 has called upon other federal agencies to continue a broad review of foreign-owned applications set to continuously inform the President of the risk that the applications pose to personal data and national security. EO 14034, overturning three Executive Orders signed by Donald Trump: Executive Order 13942, Executive Order 13943, and Executive Order 13971. On June 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order 14034, "Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries" ("EO 14034"). technical program manager Patrick Ryan against Trump and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross sought a temporary restraining order (TRO), arguing that his due process rights were violated and the ban was an "unconstitutional taking" of Ryan's property under the Fifth Amendment the suit also claimed Trump's action was likely a retaliation because of the TikTok pranks targeting the June 20 campaign rally.Īmerican technology company Microsoft had previously proposed an idea to acquire TikTok's algorithm and other artificial intelligence technology, but this was declined by ByteDance, as its executives expressed concern that it would likely be opposed by the Chinese government, which criticized the Trump administration's order previously as a "smash and grab" forced sale and (on September 13, 2021) suggested it would prefer the shuttering of U.S. A separate suit filed the same day by TikTok's U.S. The lawsuit against the Trump administration's order was filed on August 24, and contended that the administration's order was motivated by Trump's efforts to boost re-election support through protectionist trade policies aimed at China. TikTok would later announce plans to file legal action challenging the order's transactional prohibitions with U.S. The result was that TikTok owner ByteDance-which initially planned on selling a small portion of TikTok to an American company-agreed to divest TikTok to prevent a ban in the United States and in other countries where restrictions are also being considered due to privacy concerns, which themselves are mostly related to its ownership by a firm based in China. president Donald Trump, who viewed the app as a national security threat. government announced that it was considering banning the Chinese social media platform TikTok upon a request from then-U.S. Main article: Donald Trump–TikTok controversy ![]()
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