TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
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People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban. A couple looking at a cake. Brendan Smialowski / AFP; George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
People hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol building on March 13. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
This senator tells NPR why he's leading a charge against TikTok — and what comes next
President Biden waves as he arrives at the White House on March 9, 2023. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone on Feb. 28. British authorities said Thursday that they are banning the Chinese-owned app from government mobile phones on security grounds. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption
The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold away from Beijing-based ByteDance, rejecting the company's plan before U.S. national security officials. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold, or risk a nationwide ban
TikTok will be banned soon from most U.S. government devices under a government spending bill signed by President Biden, the latest push by American lawmakers against the Chinese-owned social media app. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
In this photo illustration a mobile phone screen displays TikTok logo in front of a keyboard. Mustafa Murat Kaynak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It Was Set To Start
In this photo illustration, a TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a ByteDance logo picture in the background. Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing. President Trump said he does not plan to support any deal to save TikTok in the U.S. that keeps China-based ByteDance as its majority owner. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump's executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their jobs are under threat. Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images hide caption
They Teach Chinese Kids English Online. Now They're Caught In Trump's War On TikTok
TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House issued an executive order that would effectively ban the hugely popular app from operating in the United States. AP hide caption
President Trump's executive order prohibits transactions between U.S. citizens and TikTok's parent company starting in 45 days. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
The White House and Congress are increasingly clamping down on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing app that is a sensation among teenagers and 20-somethings. Officials fear the app could be used as a spy tool. Anjum Naveed/AP hide caption