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The winds of Washington are blowing icy cold for TikTok. A federal appeals court panel handed down a ruling that could send the app packing or at least force it into a kind of corporate divorce... The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has declared the law threatening TikTok’s existence to be totally constitutional , leaving the platform to fight for its digital life. In short, TikTok has until mid-January to break ties with its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance , or risk an outright ban in the United States. TikTok responded with the following statement: “The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting Americans’ right to free speech , and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue. Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people. The TikTok ban, unless stopped, will silence the voice...

" REPUBLICANS MUST KILL THIS BILL! " , Trump  said  on his social media platform, responding to   Jodie Ginsberg , CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)... Journalists and press freedom advocates responded to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's attack on a proposed federal shield law with renewed calls for the Senate to pass the House-approved bill. The bipartisan  Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act , which  passed  the House in January, would bar the federal government from forcing journalists and telecommunications companies to disclose certain information, to protect sources and reporting materials, with exceptions for threats of terrorism or imminent violence. Given Trump's long-standing hostility toward the press—which he has  called  " the enemy of the people "—there were fresh  demands  for Senate action. Noting that "Democratic administrations abused their powers to spy on journalists many...