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Trump Talks TikTok Deal With China’s President Xi Jinping: ‘We Will Solve Many Problems Together’
“My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation,” the president-elect says in response to the Supreme Court decision
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Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Paving Way for Sunday Shutdown
The popular app will not be allowed to be carried by the Apple or Google app stores starting Jan. 19
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TikTok in Limbo: What Happens to Creators – and Can Trump Save Them?
If Trump signs an executive order overturning the TikTok ban, it would give the app “more leeway” to find a buyer as it works its way through the courts, one legal expert tells TheWrap
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Biden Will Leave TikTok Ban to Trump Administration
The president will let the next administration enforce TikTok’s looming ban, rather than force the app to adhere to it on Sunday
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Google Tells EU Fact Checking ‘Simply Isn’t Appropriate’
The tech giant will not obey a “Disinformation Code” it previously said it helped create
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TikTok CEO to Attend Trump Inauguration
Shou Zi Chew will join Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk in Washington on Monday
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Biden Administration ‘Exploring Options’ to Keep TikTok Around, Despite Ban
An administration official tells NBC News that “Americans shouldn’t expect to see TikTok suddenly banned on Sunday”
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RedNote Blocks Posts on Tiananmen Square, Uyghurs as Migrating TikTok Users Spot Chinese Censorship
New U.S. users are bound to the Chinese app’s rules on spreading “the correct view of history”
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Lawyer Drops Meta Over Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Toxic Masculinity’
Stanford professor Mark Lemley says the company and its founder have descended into “Neo-Nazi madness”
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Snap, Meta Stocks Jump as TikTok Ban Approaches
Wall Street investors appear to be betting on Snapchat and Instagram benefiting from TikTok’s U.S. exile
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400 Washington Post Journos Tell Jeff Bezos They’re ‘Deeply Alarmed’ With Paper’s Direction
“This goes far beyond the issue of the presidential endorsement,” according to hundreds of WaPo journalists’ signed letter
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TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday
The app is facing a Jan. 19 ban on new downloads and updates in the United States
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SEC Sues Elon Musk Over X Purchase, Says He Acquired Shares at ‘Artificially Low Prices’
The Tesla boss was able to “underpay by at least $150 million” by failing to disclose he built up a 5% stake in Twitter, the SEC claims
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Meta Cuts 5% of Workforce to ‘Move Out Low-Performers,’ Zuckerberg Says
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is cutting 3,620 jobs
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos to Attend Trump Inauguration
The tech execs will join Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Washington on Monday
