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Trump Extends Deadline for US TikTok Sale to September
US President Donald Trump on Thursday extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the US assets of short-video app TikTok. Trump signed an executive order pushing back Thursday's deadline for 90 days, a step he had previously signaled.
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Trump To Extend TikTok Sale Deadline For Third Time
US President Donald Trump will extend a June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok by 90 days despite a law that had mandated a sale or a shutdown absent significant progress.
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US Seeks Breakup of Google's Ad-Tech Products After Judge Finds Illegal Monopoly
The US DoJ has proposed that Alphabet's Google divest its AdX advertising marketplace and ad server DFP. Google has said the company supported behavioural remedies such as making real-time bids available to competitors, but that prosecutors cannot legally pursue a bid to force it to sell parts of its business.
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Landmark US Antitrust Trial Could Force Zuckerberg To Sell Instagram
The Meta case is being made by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the powerful US consumer protection agency, and could see the owner of Facebook forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.
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ByteDance Confirms US Talks on TikTok After Trump Gives 75-Day Extension for Deal to Save App
ByteDance confirmed it’s in discussions with the US government about plans to keep TikTok running in the US. For the second time now, US President Donald Trump extended a deadline for the Chinese company to divest the app’s American operations. The latest extension permits the president to give a “one-time extension of not more than 90 days.
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Meet SEBI's New Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey: Key Behind Air India Sale, LIC Listing
– Tuhin Kanta Pandey is an IAS officer from the 1987 batch of the Odisha cadre. He was appointed as the finance secretary in September 2024. He is also the longest-serving divestment secretary.
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China Exploring Possible Sale Of US TikTok Operations To Elon Musk: Report
Chinese officials are exploring a potential sale of US TikTok operations to billionaire Elon Musk as the video-sharing platform faces an American law requiring imminent Chinese divestment, Bloomberg News reported Monday.
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'I Received Billions Of Views': Donald Trump Hints At Keeping TikTok In US
The US Senate passed a law in April requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the app, citing national security concerns.
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US Court Rejects Tiktok Request To Temporarily Halt Pending US Ban
A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
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TikTok Ban: US Appeals Court Upholds Law Forcing Its Sale Ahead of Deadline
A US federal appeals court has upheld a law requiring ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the US by early 2025, ahead of an upcoming deadline. The decision from the appeals court increases the chances that TikTok will face an unprecedented ban in six weeks, that could cut off access to the service for 170 million users in the ...
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TikTok Edges Closer To US Ban After Losing Court Appeal
A US federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban.
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After US, Campus Protests Spread To Mexico, Canada And France Over Gaza War
After a wave of pro-Palestine protests and encampments enveloped several US colleges, students and faculty members in Mexico, Canada, France, and other countries are now urging their institutions to divest
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TikTok Ban Looms as President Biden Signs Law With 270-Day Sale Deadline
For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday, beginning a 270-day countdown for a sale ...
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Explained: Why US Government Is Trying To Ban TikTok
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about a year to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a nationwide ban.
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US House Votes To Ban TikTok If It Doesn't Cut Ties To China
The US House of Representatives on Saturday passed a bill that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban in the United States, where it has around 170 million users.
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Trump Extends Deadline for US TikTok Sale to September
US President Donald Trump on Thursday extended to September 17 a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the US assets of short-video app TikTok. Trump signed an executive order pushing back Thursday's deadline for 90 days, a step he had previously signaled.
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Trump To Extend TikTok Sale Deadline For Third Time
US President Donald Trump will extend a June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok by 90 days despite a law that had mandated a sale or a shutdown absent significant progress.
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US Seeks Breakup of Google's Ad-Tech Products After Judge Finds Illegal Monopoly
The US DoJ has proposed that Alphabet's Google divest its AdX advertising marketplace and ad server DFP. Google has said the company supported behavioural remedies such as making real-time bids available to competitors, but that prosecutors cannot legally pursue a bid to force it to sell parts of its business.
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Landmark US Antitrust Trial Could Force Zuckerberg To Sell Instagram
The Meta case is being made by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the powerful US consumer protection agency, and could see the owner of Facebook forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.
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ByteDance Confirms US Talks on TikTok After Trump Gives 75-Day Extension for Deal to Save App
ByteDance confirmed it’s in discussions with the US government about plans to keep TikTok running in the US. For the second time now, US President Donald Trump extended a deadline for the Chinese company to divest the app’s American operations. The latest extension permits the president to give a “one-time extension of not more than 90 days.
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Meet SEBI's New Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey: Key Behind Air India Sale, LIC Listing
– Tuhin Kanta Pandey is an IAS officer from the 1987 batch of the Odisha cadre. He was appointed as the finance secretary in September 2024. He is also the longest-serving divestment secretary.
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China Exploring Possible Sale Of US TikTok Operations To Elon Musk: Report
Chinese officials are exploring a potential sale of US TikTok operations to billionaire Elon Musk as the video-sharing platform faces an American law requiring imminent Chinese divestment, Bloomberg News reported Monday.
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'I Received Billions Of Views': Donald Trump Hints At Keeping TikTok In US
The US Senate passed a law in April requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the app, citing national security concerns.
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US Court Rejects Tiktok Request To Temporarily Halt Pending US Ban
A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban.
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TikTok Ban: US Appeals Court Upholds Law Forcing Its Sale Ahead of Deadline
A US federal appeals court has upheld a law requiring ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the US by early 2025, ahead of an upcoming deadline. The decision from the appeals court increases the chances that TikTok will face an unprecedented ban in six weeks, that could cut off access to the service for 170 million users in the ...
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TikTok Edges Closer To US Ban After Losing Court Appeal
A US federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban.
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After US, Campus Protests Spread To Mexico, Canada And France Over Gaza War
After a wave of pro-Palestine protests and encampments enveloped several US colleges, students and faculty members in Mexico, Canada, France, and other countries are now urging their institutions to divest
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TikTok Ban Looms as President Biden Signs Law With 270-Day Sale Deadline
For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday, beginning a 270-day countdown for a sale ...
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Explained: Why US Government Is Trying To Ban TikTok
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about a year to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a nationwide ban.
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US House Votes To Ban TikTok If It Doesn't Cut Ties To China
The US House of Representatives on Saturday passed a bill that would force TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban in the United States, where it has around 170 million users.
