TikTok Ban

• Canada’s TikTok operations ban overturned by Federal Court

  In November 2024, Canada's industry ministry ordered TikTok's business to be dissolved, citing national-security risks but allowing users to continue.

  Canada

  Jan 21
  
• TikTok gets another U.S. reprieve as Trump extends sale deadline

  It is not clear how many times Trump can — or will — keep extending the ban as the government continues to try to negotiate a deal for TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance.

  U.S. News

  Jun 19, 2025
  
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• TikTok appears to be restoring service after U.S. ban, still available to Canadians

  Canadian TikTok users may have noticed on Sunday a lack of new content from American creators as the app went dark in the United States – but later started to reappear.

  Economy

  Jan 19, 2025
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• How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

  Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter.

  Politics

  Jan 19, 2025
• TikTok ban upheld by U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s what could happen next

  The uncertainty may have ripple effects in Canada, experts say, although Ottawa says what happens in the U.S. won't impact its own moves to curtail TikTok's business.

  Tech

  Jan 17, 2025
• Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, tops App Store charts as U.S. TikTok ban looms

  Some of the 'TikTok refugees,' as they call themselves, say the TikTok alternative, a Chinese app, is being chosen in protest of the TikTok ban.

  U.S. News

  Jan 14, 2025
• U.S. Supreme Court hears TikTok case. What it could mean for possible ban

  The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold the law that could ban TikTok, with most justices appearing to take the national security arguments seriously.

  U.S. News

  Jan 10, 2025
• TikTok’s challenge of U.S. forced ban law to be heard by Supreme Court

  The justices will hear arguments Jan. 10 about whether the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a nationwide ban, violates the First Amendment.

  Tech

  Dec 18, 2024
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• TikTok’s future in U.S. uncertain after court upholds law that could ban it

  The U.S. appeals court denied TikTok's petition to overturn the law, which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent company ByteDance or be banned by mid-January.

  U.S. News

  Dec 6, 2024
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• TikTok must end business in Canada but app will stay available, Ottawa says

  The order comes after a lengthy national security review by the federal government into concerns over the popular social media app and its Chinese owner ByteDance.

  Tech

  Nov 6, 2024