Few surprises emerged in the Supreme Court arguments over the Protecting Americans Act, which demands that ByteDance, the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated owner of TikTok, either divest from the social media platform or face a ban.

The ban is aimed at whipping up anti-Chinese hatred in preparation for a US war, and stepping up state and media censorship of socialist and anti-war views.

Chief Justice John Roberts said the federal law was “not a burden on” TikTok and its users’ “expression at all,” arguing Congress was fine with users’ speech on the app but just not a ...

After nearly three hours of Supreme Court arguments Friday morning, Americans are one step closer to learning whether a TikTok ban will take effect in nine days.

Chief Justice John Roberts asked if the Chinese-based ByteDance is using TikTok to get Americans to argue with each other. “If they do, I’d say they’re winning,” Roberts said to laughter ...

Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, has been hiring for a surprising position in recent days: English-language content moderators.

“The Constitution imposes an extraordinarily high bar on this kind of mass censorship ... him to a position on TikTok that does serve the national interest. Steven Roberts teaches politics ...

Ahead of a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been flocking to RedNote as well as Lemon8, TikTok's sister app.

Supreme Court appeared to lean towards upholding law requiring TikTok divestment from Chinese parent ByteDance. Read more.

America was once seen as the home of the free internet. That era is now over.

Creators are flocking to RedNote, a TikTok alternative, but tech experts caution users to think twice about data privacy, censorship, and potential manipulation on the app.