Bobbi Allen
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NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-16-2024 6PM EST
While the viral video app waits for a decision from the high court, President-elect Donald Trump has been indicating he may rescue TikTok. Trump once opposed TikTok, but he recently said it has a warm spot in his heart, but did not explain how he might step in to save the app.
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NPR News: 12-16-2024 6PM EST
Analysts say there are many ways Trump can keep TikTok in business in the U.S., including instructing his administration to not enforce the law. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
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NPR News: 12-16-2024 6PM EST
It's seen as TikTok's last legal shot. It has asked the Supreme Court to step in and halt a law that bans TikTok nationwide unless Beijing-based ByteDance divests the app. In its application, TikTok says Congress has singled out TikTok, saying banning the app would violate the First Amendment rights of 170 million American users.
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NPR News: 10-11-2024 6PM EDT
Kentucky Public Radio and NPR obtained dozens of pages of redacted court records as part of 14 states' child safety lawsuits against TikTok. The document showed TikTok released some tools to safeguard kids as a way of, quote, improving public trust. One company executive was quoted in redacted documents as saying that TikTok could get such a grip on young people.
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NPR News: 10-11-2024 6PM EDT
that it could interfere with sleeping, eating, and even looking at someone in the eyes. In response, a TikTok spokesman says the material cherry-picks misleading quotes and takes outdated documents out of context. In a slide from a TikTok presentation, the company said after viewing about 260 videos, teens can start forming a habit. Bobby Allen, NPR News.