TikTok isn’t the villain here. It’s a symptom of a much larger issue: the lack of clear, enforceable rules for data privacy and security. Instead of banning the app, the government should focus on fixing the system.

Even Chinese state media noted that Xiaohongshu would find it difficult to adjust its censorship regime to handle American TikTok teens. “The content posted by American users is more diversified ...

The administration didn’t give up on online censorship, however. It just moved on to its next target: TikTok. In April, Mr. Biden signed the Protecting Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications ...

Regardless of whether or not TikTok gets the axe, the battle against censorship is only just beginning. The tale of the adult entertainer and the video hosting platform TikTok initially developed ...

TikTok has given millions of people a platform to share their voices, build communities, and even make a living. Pulling the plug on that isn’t just inconvenient; it’s a form of censorship and ...

The ruling is expected to go down as among the most consequential court decisions of the digital media age.

The Supreme Court upheld a law today that could ban the wildly popular social media app TikTok in the U.S. starting on Sunday, unless its Chinese owner agrees to sell it before then. The justices unanimously rejected TikTok’s First Amendment challenge and argued that Congress was entitled to effectively outlaw the app for national security reasons.

The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.

TikTok has said the ban was "conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed, and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people." "The TikTok ban ...