While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.
Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded US TikTok upon hearing that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app by Sunday.
TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is on the verge of being banned in the United States. The thing is, the government could go after other ByteDance apps, and there are quite a few of them operating in the U.
The US Supreme Court has upheld the law mandating China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday, or face an effective ban of the popular video-sharing app in the United States. The ruling underscores growing national security concerns tied to TikTok’s data collection practices and alleged links to the Chinese government,
U.S. TikTok users were engulfed in disappointment, denial, and uncertainty on Wednesday after learning that Chinese owner ByteDance intended to shut down the app for its 170 million U.S. users by Sunday.
The Supreme Court seemed to lean Thursday toward upholding a law forcing Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell off TikTok, with all nine justices indicating national security concerns posed by ...
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Jan. 19 unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, ByteDance.
Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately? You’re not the only one. Amid a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been pushing the platform’s sister app. Lemon8 resembles an
The threat of the TikTok ban stems from a law signed last year by President Biden that seeks to ban the popular platform in the U.S. on Jan. 19 if ByteDance does not perform a divestment.
Content creators are flocking to a new social media platform in anticipation of a ban on TikTok that may be implemented in less than two weeks. However, the two apps are owned by the same Chinese ...
Few surprises emerged in the Supreme Court arguments over the Protecting Americans Act, which demands that ByteDance, the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated owner of TikTok, either divest from the social media platform or face a ban.
"We all need to delete our Facebook, X and Instagram accounts that same day," one user said. ByteDance was given until Jan. 19 to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok or face a U.S. ban, following ...