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Setting the clock back once again, TikTok’s future remains unknown

Sylvia Freire, Reporter April 11, 2025

TikTok, a popular social media app, will remain available in the United States after the Trump administration extended its deadline for another 75 days. According to CNBC, President Donald Trump is...

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Deleting TikTok was hard, but worth it

Sylvia Freire, Reporter March 4, 2025

Once Musical.ly lost traction, I joined TikTok like most people did. What I didn’t realize was how joining the social media platform would affect my attention span, my motivation to do anything else...

Time is ticking for TikTok, app faces potential ban this weekend

Time is ticking for TikTok, app faces potential ban this weekend

Hannah Piedad, Staff Reporter January 16, 2025

Editors note: This article has been updated as of Jan. 17, 2025. TikTok, an Editors’ Choice award-winning social media app, faces a potential ban in the United States, pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s...

The TikTok ban is censorship and should not be celebrated

The TikTok ban is censorship and should not be celebrated

Austin Collier, Reporter May 13, 2024

It has been blamed for an entire generation losing its attention span. It has been accused of having addictive qualities. It is notorious for producing broad disinformation campaigns and sending users...

Biden signs bill to ban TikTok in 9 months if app is not sold

Biden signs bill to ban TikTok in 9 months if app is not sold

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter April 26, 2024

United States President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law that will ban social media app TikTok if the parent company ByteDance Ltd. does not sell the app within nine months. The “Protecting Americans...

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Maybe we should let the TikTok ban happen

Ethan Wallace, Reporter April 14, 2024

I’m probably due a proper digital gabfest for this one, but banning TikTok might not be the big bad wolf we’re making it out to be. As the House of Representatives debated the Protecting Americans...

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Banning TikTok would be a mistake

Peyton Keyes, Reporter April 1, 2024

This month, the House voted in an overwhelming majority of 352-65 to pass a bill that will either force ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to sell the app or face a ban across America. TikTok has 150 million...

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