Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single named Speech Platform to a permanent nationwide ban. The company also says that its not possible legally, technically or commercially to divest within that time frame. Part of the challenge is that with a billion users worldwide, a lot of its content is actually available across borders, making it all harder to unpick. The Usjustice Department declined to comment, but heres what White House Press secretary Karinejean Pierre had to say when asked about why President Biden continues to use tiktok for his political campaign. So as it relates to the campaign, and obviously other congressional members, they have to speak to themselves, the campaign has to speak to it. But weve been very clear what this law is is not a ban, it is a divestment. Tiktok s ceo shou zi chew, who appeared with his wife, vivian kao, at the met gala last night, is hoping tiktok s other recent First Amendment victories in the us, like blocking the state of montanas bi
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he says the nation needs clarity . france s far right leader, marine le pen, has welcomed mr macron s decision to call the snap vote. she said her party is ready to take over power if entrusted to do so, promising to end mass migration and make france live again . let s take a closer look at our first projection of what the european parliament will look like. as well as france, far right parties have to have made substantial gains across many countries, including germany, austria and the netherlands. the french far right leader, marine le pen, spoke following the announcement of the results of the european parliament election. translation: the french have spoken and this historic election shows - that when the people vote, the people win. by giving more than 32% to the national rally, the french have just given us their highest score, all parties combined, in a0 years. it is a real emotion to see this beautiful popularforce rising up throughout the country. and here s p
Life changing. Plus, marine a is a free man. Royal marine Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, has been released from prison. Overnight. He received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. His wife spoke to this programme in march when she heard the news that he would be released. I spoke to him shortly afterwards and i think it took a little longer for the realisation to hit. I think he had worked very hard to prepare himself for not such good news, so once it had finally dawned on us that we were going to be together soon, we were very happy. Well bring you all the details in the next half hour. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. So much to talk about today, please get in touch, please get in touch. Porna bell was married to rob, a Science Journalist for three years before she discovered he was a secret heroin user. We have been speaking to her in her First Television int
The seven month old girl dies after being found unresponsive in a car in County Tipperary on one of the hottest days of the year County Tipperary. Neither as the two parties are presenting honest choices, suggests a report. Severe disruption and long queues at Gatwick Airport, as the automated Conveyor Belt system breaks down scientists describe new observations of the planetjupiter sent Back To Earth by nasas spacecraftjuno as breathtaking good morning, its friday 26th may. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The labour leaderJeremy Corbyn, as we have let you know, is about to give a speech in which shall say there was a connection between British Foreign policy abroad including wars in the middle east and north africa and terrorism at home. Hell also say a Labour Government will be one which will reduce rather than increase the Terror Threat. The conservatives have already reacted to this by saying the comments are inappropriate and crassly timed in light of the attack I