‘TikTok refugees’ unexpectedly turn to Chinese alternative as ban looms
TAIPEI, Taiwan — TikTok users concerned about a looming ban are finding solace in a strange place. Days ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could determine whether the popular short-video…
Read More »/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25826016/STK051_TIKTOKBAN_STK463_SCOTUS__CVirginia_B.jpg "TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments")
TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments
After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that could ban TikTok, it looks like one of its last possible lifelines is unlikely to save it from the…
Read More »
TikTok Creators and Brands Are Bracing for a Potential Ban
The impending disappearance of TikTok, one of the most popular social media apps in the United States, has sent marketers, agencies and creators racing to embrace alternatives — even if…
Read More »
TikTok, Facing a US Ban, Is Also Waging Legal Battles Around the World
Russia fined TikTok for not removing prohibited content. The results of a presidential election in Romania were thrown out over concerns the app had been used to spread foreign influence….
Read More »
TikTok creators urge Supreme Court to block upcoming app ban, cite free speech threats – JURIST
The TikTok creators challenging the law that would ban TikTok in the US due to national security reasons filed a reply brief on Friday just hours after the US government…
Read More »How Donald Trump Went From Calling for a TikTok Ban to Backing Off
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that. Source link
Read More »Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform. Source link
Read More »
Iran lifts ban on Whatsapp and Google Play – JURIST
Iran’s government announced on Tuesday that it had lifted a two-year ban on WhatsApp and the Google Play Store, marking a significant shift in the country’s internet restrictions. The official…
Read More »
Transgender government employees see peril under Trump
WASHINGTON — The Air Force lieutenant colonel left the Pentagon one day and returned the next — with a new name and a new gender identity. Bree Fram remembers the atmosphere…
Read More »
Temecula school board rescinds parent notification, flag ban policies – Press Enterprise
The board voted unanimously Tuesday night, Dec. 17, to rescind the policies after the California Public Employment Relations Board said they violate the Educational Employment Relations Act. Originally Published: December…
Read More »
Supreme Court to hear TikTok case before ban deadline
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear TikTok’s challenge to a law that would ban the popular social media app next month unless its Chinese owner sells it. The…
Read More »Supreme Court to Hear TikTok’s Challenge to Law That Could Ban It
The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or be shut down. Source link
Read More »
TikTok seeks Supreme Court intervention to block US ban – JURIST
TikTok filed an emergency petition to the US Supreme Court on Monday seeking to block a federal law that could force the shutdown of its platform next month. The petition…
Read More »
L.A. wants to ban using nitrous oxide to get high. But challenges loom
The Los Angeles City Council is considering cracking down on the sale of nitrous oxide — known as laughing gas, typically is administered by anesthesiologists as a short-acting sedative, but…
Read More »
UN experts condemn Taliban ban on medical training for Afghan women – JURIST
UN experts issued a strong rebuke on Monday against a new Taliban policy banning female students from medical training in Afghanistan, which has been denounced for further eroding the rights…
Read More »
Federal appeals court upholds TikTok divestiture law, setting stage for potential US ban – JURIST
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday upheld the constitutionality of a law requiring social media giant TikTok to separate from its Chinese parent company ByteDance…
Read More »Here’s What Led to Tennessee’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced the opening of a new transgender care clinic in 2018. Years later, conservatives called for an investigation. Source link
Read More »Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Tennessee’s Ban on Transgender Care
On Wednesday, the justices will hear the marquee case of the term, a challenge to a Tennessee law banning several forms of medical care for transgender youths. Source link
Read More »Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Will Ban Transgender Women From Capitol Bathrooms
The G.O.P. speaker sided with hard-right members of his conference who called for blocking Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from using Capitol women’s rooms. Source link
Read More »
US lifts ban on Ukraine using long-range weapons to strike Russia – JURIST
On Sunday, the Biden administration lifted a ban that restricted Ukraine’s use of US weapons in its war with Russia, allowing Ukraine to use US weapons for long-range strikes in…
Read More »