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Online marketers question TikTok restriction refunds ahead of Supreme Court argument

Online marketers question TikTok restriction refunds ahead of Supreme Court argument

Technology
Ivy Liu TikTok's demand-- shutdown in the U.S. or get a lifeline from the Supreme Court-- is the current plot twist in a whirlwind month that's left markets in a tailspin. With the app's future hanging by a thread, online marketers are browsing dirty waters, rushing to understand what all of it ways for their strategies. Late last month, Chris (not his genuine name) fired off an e-mail to his TikTok rep. As the go-to guy for handling customer advertisement invest at his company, he required clearness ahead of a defining moment for the app, the looming federal due date that might require ByteDance to offer TikTok-- or deal with a U.S. restriction. The action he got wasn't simply info...
TikTok’s Supreme Court Challenge Is Moving Forward– Briefs, Confidential Docs, and More Reach High Court Ahead of Oral Argument

TikTok’s Supreme Court Challenge Is Moving Forward– Briefs, Confidential Docs, and More Reach High Court Ahead of Oral Argument

Entertainment
The Supreme Court Building. Image Credit: Joe RaviThe last-minute Supreme Court evaluation of the TikTok restriction law is underway, and personal files are formally being moved to the country's greatest court. That files transfer has actually shown up simply days before the Supreme Court will hear an extremely crucial oral argument in connection with the TikTok restriction difficulty.As the majority of currently understand, the app and its ByteDance moms and dad have actually long been pressing back versus the pertinent law, under which the latter business should divest from TikTok's U.S. operation or stop running the platform locally.So far, nevertheless, this diverse opposition has actually stopped working to cause the wanted outcome for TikTok. Unless the platform offers in the States ...
Joe Biden commutes sentences of almost all federal death row prisoners– other than 3 mass killers

Joe Biden commutes sentences of almost all federal death row prisoners– other than 3 mass killers

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President Biden travelled the death sentences of all however 3 federal detainees who were founded guilty of mass murder Released December 23, 2024 10:34 AM (EST) U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Department of Labor on December 16, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) President Joe Biden hearkened the calls of anti-death charge advocates and spared all however 3 federal detainees from the hazard of execution on Monday, travelling an overall of 37 sentences to life in jail without the possibility of parole. In a declaration, Biden, who has...
Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok’s January 19th Forced-Sale Cutoff– ‘The Stakes Here Are High’

Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok’s January 19th Forced-Sale Cutoff– ‘The Stakes Here Are High’

Entertainment
2 U.S. senators are asking the president to authorize a once-off 90-day extension to the TikTok restriction due date. Picture Credit: ScrumshusWith simply 30 days staying till TikTok's forced-sale due date in the U.S., senators from both sides of the aisle are asking the president to authorize a one-time 90-day extension.Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) made that demand in an uncomplicated letter to President Biden. As more than a couple of developers, services, and users are currently mindful, a months-old law will quickly require TikTok to go dark in the U.S. unless its ByteDance moms and dad divests.Less well-known than that January 19th cutoff, nevertheless, is the president's capability to extend the TikTok restriction due date by 90 days under the pertinent law, com...