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Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

“Why Can’t We Just Ban It?”: How The American Government Has Bungled The TikTok Ban

Over the past two months, the national security threats posed by the TikTok app have been more exposed than the individuals posting the videos to TikTok. Yet despite those risks, Americans continue to post content to the app,...more

Hogan Lovells

EO prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in certain transactions involving eight Chinese apps

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On 5 January 2021, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13971 on "Addressing the Threat Posed By Applications and Other Software Developed or Controlled By Chinese Companies," which prohibits U.S. persons from...more

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The Courts Step In To Protect TikTok From The Trump Administration

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In a dramatic Sunday morning hearing (conducted remotely via telephone), lawyers for TikTok and the Trump Administration battled over whether the government’s order banning TikTok from the Apple and Google app stores would...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 9.28.2020 | Top Story: Federal Court Halts White House Ban on TIkTok App-Store Downloads

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A federal judge has delivered another win for TikTok over the weekend, temporarily blocking a White House ban “on new downloads of the video-sharing network, which would have gone into effect at 11:59 p.m. in Washington.” The...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.21.2020 | Top Story: White House Signs Off on Deal for Oracle & Walmart to Take Stake in TikTok

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The White House has given its crucial imprimatur to a deal for Oracle (and Walmart) to take a stake in Chinese video app TikTok, “an agreement that will delay the U.S. government’s threat to block the popular app in the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

WeChat and TikTok Sanctions Not to Come Into Effect Sept. 20

Late last week, a Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order granting a motion for a nationwide preliminary injunction forbidding implementation of sanctions against...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Commerce Department Identifies Prohibited Transactions Involving WeChat and TikTok

Last week, the Department of Commerce took steps to implement sanctions targeting China’s mobile applications WeChat, owned by Tencent Holdings Ltd. (“WeChat Sanctions”), and TikTok, owned by ByteDance Ltd. (“ByteDance”)...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.18.2020 | Top Story: Walmart Back in the Mix for Stake in Oracle/TikTok Deal

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The latest on the potential Oracle/TikTok deal includes news that the Treasury Department has added requirements addressing “how TikTok’s data and source code would be handled and secured” to any potential deal that the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.27.2020 | Top Story: TikTok CEO Resigns After Just 4 Months on Job

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Still-new TIkTok CEO Kevin Mayer has stepped down, “just months after taking the helm of the viral short video app.” ByteDance had appointed Mayer in May in an effort “to make the case that TikTok operates as a separate...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.24.2020 | Top Story: TikTok Confirms Plans to Sue U.S. over Recent Executive Orders Targeting App

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More on TikTok’s plans to sue the U.S. over the White House’s recent executive orders seeking to block the app on American soil and force its owner, ByteDance, to sell its American assets. The company intends to argue that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UPDATE: National Security Meets Teenage Dance Battles: U.S. Increases Pressure on ByteDance Sale of TikTok

The Takeaway: Severe restrictions on ByteDance’s Sale of TikTok should be a warning to media and tech companies with foreign ownership, particularly Chinese investment, to know your risks and mitigate them before the...more

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DW-China Update (33rd Edition)

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Last week, the United States government undertook a series of actions directed towards Chinese technology companies, raising the specter that the presence of such companies in the United States was no longer welcome. On...more

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Trump’s Ban on TikTok and WeChat May Affect Popular Video Game Companies and More

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On August 6, 2020, President Trump issued two executive orders banning widely used Chinese social media services TikTok and WeChat. Citing national security concerns due to the applications’ abilities to automatically capture...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Orders Prohibiting Transactions with the Makers of TikTok and WeChat

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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders (the EOs) on August 6, 2020, an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok (TikTok EO) and an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat (WeChat...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

National Security Meets Teenage Dance Battles: Trump Issues Executive Orders Impacting TikTok and WeChat Business in the U.S.

On August 6, 2020, Trump issued two separate executive orders that will severely restrict TikTok and WeChat’s business in the United States. For weeks, the media has reported on Trump’s desire to “ban” TikTok with speculation...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #247 – TikTok in Multiple Cross Hairs

I have never been a fan of TikTok. In general, I do not trust any Chinese technology companies because of the influence and requirements the Chinese government wields over them....more

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Countries and Companies Cool on TikTok, As Microsoft Proposes US Solution

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In early July, the Indian government banned many Chinese mobile applications, including TikTok, claiming they pose a “threat to sovereignty and integrity.” India’s Ministry of Information Technology acted “in defense of...more

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