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Montana’s legislature just passed a bill that would force app stores like the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store to ban TikTok in the state, making it likely to be the first in the U.S. to ban the social media site.

A Florida state bill filed in 2020 and passed in 2021 goes into effect this week and has banned government agencies from using any drones that were manufactured in China. Some agencies aren't happy and say it unnecessarily increases costs.

The White House backed a congressional bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban TikTok and other foreign technologies that could pose security threats.

The possibility of a national TikTok ban continues to grow as U.S. Senators push a bill that will help "ban or prohibit" foreign technology such as the Chinese-owned video app.

A new bill would give United States President Joe Biden the power to outright ban TikTok, a move that the American Civil Liberties Union says would violate free speech rights.

President Biden gave government agencies 30 days to remove Chinese-owned TikTok from federal devices yesterday (Monday).

The European Commission, the executive power of the European Union (EU), has banned its staff from using TikTok over security fears.

Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) has issued a written demand to the CEOs of Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their company's app stores due to the possibility that China's government could "weaponize" the app against the United States.

TikTok has admitted that it used its app to spy on American reporters to track down their sources -- as the video-sharing platform faces a potential ban in the U.S.

Members of both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced a new bipartisan bill that aims to completely ban TikTok from operating in the country amid spying concerns.

Astronomer and astrophotographer Mary McIntyre was locked out of her Twitter account for three months after a video of a meteor she published to the platform was flagged as "intimate content."

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has urged Google and Apple to ban TikTok from app stores for “its pattern of surreptitious data practices."

Just a week after Russia announced that it had banned Facebook, Meta's other popular platform Instagram will be blocked in the country on March 14.

Canon Europe has announced that it has suspended new shipments of products into Russia in response to the country's attack on Ukraine.

Adobe has announced that it will cease all new sales of its products and services in Russia in response to what it describes as unprovoked, violent attacks on Ukraine.

Russian officials have announced that access to Meta-owned platform Facebook has been blocked in the country in response to what it says has been Meta's repeated discriminatory actions against Russian media.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that all forms of recreational drone flights are now illegal in the country. The move follows an attack on an oil facility and airport earlier this month.

A group of scammers is reportedly abusing Instagram's protections against self-harm and impersonation and will target and ban nearly any Instagram account they want seemingly at will. Anyone can pay for the "ban-as-a-service," and it costs as little as $5.

An recent court order banning photography outside the Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix and Court of Appeals in Tucson is being criticized as unconstitutional. The court says the order is meant to stop "abuse and intimidation," but critics say it infringes on people's First Amendment rights and puts photojournalists in an "untenable position."

The historic Gion neighborhood in Kyoto has enacted a photography ban near one of the area's most photographed streets. The law comes in response to rude tourists and street photographers who have been flocking to the neighborhood to capture photos of its narrow alleyways, picturesque tea houses, and the geishas who call Gion home.

Yesterday evening, Instagram announced two new anti-bullying features that it's calling "two steps on a longer path" towards "leading the industry in the fight against online bullying."

Iconic spots in Kansas City, Missouri, are banning photographers from their property due to photo shoots getting out of control. Professional photographers argue the trouble is being caused by "a few bad apples" that aren't representative of the whole industry.

Ireland Minister for Justice & Equality Charlie Flanagan sparked controversy yesterday by saying he would support legislation that would ban photographing the Gardaí (Ireland's police service) in the course of their duties.

The FAA has issued an immediate ban on certain "doors-off" helicopter flights nationwide in the aftermath of the photo tour helicopter crash in New York City this week. 5 passengers died by drowning in the East River after not being able to escape their safety harnesses.

CVS has just announced that it is banning Photoshopping of its beauty images. More specifically, the pharmacy chain will stop retouching in ways that "materially alter" the subjects in photos.

Shutterstock has banned all unnatural photos of apes and monkeys. The move by the world's largest subscription-based stock-photo agency comes in response to an appeal by the animal rights organization PETA.