Congress passed legislation regarding TikTok, and the Justice Department issued an opinion concerning the ban, affecting ByteDance's U.S. operations.

The entities involved

• TikTok →

  video-focused social media platform

  • PBS is leveraging social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to grow its audience and attract top talent for future projects.Mon 17:13
  • The FBI is investigating election fraud in Los Angeles, following claims documented in a TikTok video.Mon 15:13
• ByteDance →

  Chinese Internet and technology company

  • Anthropic, ByteDance, and Colossal Biosciences are noted as potential investment targets within a private technology portfolio.Mon 10:27
  • Shaires Holdings Ltd is building indirect stakes and committing funds to several AI companies, including Moonshot AI, Anthropic, and ByteDance.Mon 10:27
• Office of Legal Counsel →

  office of the United States Department of Justice

  Nothing else this week.

Related events

• TikTok, owned by ByteDance, faced multiple bans in 2020, including from the US military, India, and Wells Fargo.Sep 17
• TikTok and ByteDance are facing intense pressure regarding industrywide protections for teens, alleged continued influence from the CCP, and a spin-out from ByteDance under a national security deal.Sep 3
• The Data Protection Commission may impose sanctions on TikTok for failing to comply with EU privacy rules.Jun 30
• TikTok has been reported to have breached the European Union's online content rules.Jul 24