Mar 5, 2024 · (1) P ROHIBITION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS.—It shall be unlawful for an entity to distribute, maintain, or update (or enable the distribution, maintenance, or updating of) a foreign adversary controlled application by carrying out, within the land or maritime borders of the United States, any of the following:

The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), signed into law on April 24, 2024, bans social networking services within 270 days if the president deems them a "foreign adversary controlled application," with a possible 90-day extension.

Jan 20, 2025 · Section 2 (a) of the Act prohibits entities from distributing, maintaining, or updating certain defined foreign adversary controlled applications within the territory of the United States by...

TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, 604 U.S. ___ (2025), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok challenging the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) based on the Freedom of Speech Clause of the First Amendment, the Bill of Attainder Clause of Article ...

2 HR 7521 RFS 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Americans 5 from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’’. 6 SEC. 2.

Dec 9, 2024 · The court upheld PAFACA, emphasizing its focus on safeguarding national security. It deferred to the government’s judgment, citing bipartisan efforts in Congress and the Executive Branch to mitigate TikTok’s national security risks.

Dec 18, 2024 · On Friday, December 6, the court ruled to uphold the constitutionality of the PAFACA. The court rejected the constitutional challenges brought by TikTok, affirming that the Act's provisions targeting TikTok and its related entities do not violate the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection, the Bill of Attainder ...

This April, Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (“PAFACA”), which is designed “to protect the national security interests of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary-controlled applications.”

TikTok v. Garland 1 Footnote Order, TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, No. 24-656 (U.S. Dec. 18, 2024). and a related consolidated case 2 Footnote Order, Firebaugh v. Garland, No. 24-657 (U.S. Dec. 18, 2024). address whether legislation restricting the social media platform TikTok violates the First Amendment. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) prohibits ...

May 7, 2024 · In 2024, President Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), which required TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok to a company in a “non-adversarial” country or be banned from the United States.