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We are grateful and pleased to have the support of a president who truly understands our platform - one who has used TikTok to express his own thoughts and perspectives, connecting with the world and generating more than 60 billion views of his content in the process,
Chew said, ... per the Xinhua report (The ... The app) is all in Mandarin, I believe, and there’s a lot of terms which I don’t know what I’m agreeing to,
The US as a country is so powerful and big and I don’t think TikTok can keep going if there’s no American users on the app,
said Mr Pratt, who has more than 220,000 followers on TikTok A lot of creators rely on this app for a living, and it’s about to be pulled away from under them,
he told the PA news agency Influencers are often actors, musicians, comedians and people in the arts,
the London-based creator told PA TikTok would need to create a lot of new infrastructure that it would lose from its parent company in a potential spinoff."
DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria said Without the algorithm it’s $40 billion to $50 billion,
Ives was quoted as saying by The Associated Press The price would also be limited by the accelerated process and need to buy the entire franchise, as opposed an IPO, which significantly limits the number of potential buyers,
Luria was quoted as saying by Forbes Okay, fine, I’ll buy it
Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19,
TikTok said in a statement on Friday The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans,
TikTok said in its statement Given the sheer fact of timing, this Administration recognizes that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next Administration, which takes office on Monday,
The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation,
US President-elect Donald Trump wrote on social media platform Truth Social Making videos and reaching people on TikTok is so much easier than a lot of other platforms,
said Nathan Espinoza, who has more than 500,000 followers on TikTok At this point, I really don't know what to believe,
Wade told The Associated Press 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."
TikTok’s scale and susceptibility to foreign adversary control, together with the vast swaths of sensitive data the platform collects, justify differential treatment to address the government’s national security concerns,
the supreme sourt said in the unsigned opinion On TikTok I've just been able to find that audience so much easier,
It's kind of like they keep putting the ball in each other's court, but who's going to make the decision?"
Up until today, I was extremely optimistic. And after today's Supreme Court decision to uphold the ban or the sale of TikTok, I weigh my options,