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TikTok says it's restoring service to U.S. users based on Trump's promised executive order

TikTok says it's restoring service to U.S. users based on Trump's promised executive order

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent ban in the U.S.
by The Associated Press

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TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban

TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.
by Bobby Allyn

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Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company

Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company

The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company. The court held Friday the risk to national security posed by TikTok's ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the U.S. 
by The Associated Press

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Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a federal law that could force TikTok to shut down on Jan. 19

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a federal law that could force TikTok to shut down on Jan. 19

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
by The Associated Press

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Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
by The Associated Press

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How influencers are impacting journalism

How influencers are impacting journalism

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks to Summer Harlow of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and V Spehar of UnderTheDeskNews about the role of influencers in journalism.
by Eric Deggans, Eleana Tworek and D. Parvaz

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