From the US Supreme Court’s ruling on TikTok and Israel’s cabinet okaying a ceasefire pact with Hamas to US President Joe Biden commuting the sentences of thousands, several important events took place in the world this week.
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Updates: Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
Forbes Daily: Supreme Court Could Rule On TikTok Case As Ban Looms
Friday's Forbes Daily covers a billionaire's plans for a legendary Las Vegas property, what's next for the TikTok ban, Musk and Bezos apparently make amends and more
Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok in U.S. What’s Next?
On Friday the Supreme Court affirmed that it would be legal to force TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the immensely popular app to a non-China-based company or to ban it in the U.S. Last week an attorney for TikTok had argued before the Supreme Court that a bipartisan law that mandated the sale or ban infringed on the company’s First Amendment rights.
They are also worried that China could use TikTok’s content recommendations to fuel misinformation, a concern that escalated in the United States after the start of the Israeli-Hamas war and ...
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Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire, hostage release | The Excerpt
Israel’s cabinet approves ceasefire deal with Hamas
Israel's cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal with Hamas, paving the way for hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released within the next 24 hours.
Hamas to release three hostages Sunday as ceasefire comes into effect
This week in politics, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, the Senate conducted confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees, the Supreme Court upheld the looming TikTok ban, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, Trump's inauguration was moved indoors and more.
The Supreme Court unanimously chose to uphold the TikTok ban-or-sell legislation. Here's what that means for the app and its U.S. users.
Despite facing a looming ban, ByteDance and the U.S. government have been locked in a proverbial game of chicken, with TikTok’s parent company refusing to divest more than a year later. Lawmakers and experts have long argued that the firm is beholden to the Chinese government, creating security risks for the app’s American users.
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America stands hours away from the second Trumpian era. But around the world, it feels like it has already begun.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) criticized the looming TikTok ban as a violation of the First Amendment, arguing that it’s based on accusations, a day after the Supreme Court opted to uphold the law
President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’
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What's TikTok's business presence like in Austin?The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously ruled in favor of upholding the federal law banning TikTok unless it's sold by its Chinese-based parent company on or before Jan. 19. Amid uncertainty surrounding the app's future,
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