TikTok has asked a judge to prevent the Trump administration from banning the app in the U.S., the ban was recently delayed by a week after a deal was signed between Oracle and ByteDance.
TikTok has today proposed the formation of a coalition of social media and platforms seeking to protect users from harmful content such as suicide.
The Trump administration's ban on WeChat was set to go into effect today, but a U.S. district court judge just blocked it.
Are TikTok and WeChat really being banned? When does all of this take effect? Will I still be able to use these apps? All this and more answered in our FAQ regarding the latest U.S. orders.
TikTok lobbyists have told the Trump campaign an all-out ban on the app could cost him millions of votes in November's presidential election, particularly in key battleground states.
TikTok has already been banned in India, and now it's reported that more countries could be following suit. The United States is preparing to ban the popular social media app, but if you aren't ready to give up all the amazing content, you may be able to bypass it with a VPN.
The U.S. Department of Commerce will ban TikTok and WeChat from U.S app stores from Sunday.
After the Chinese government made a sale to a U.S. based company more difficult, TikTok's talks with the U.S. to avoid a ban have increased.
The TikTok acquisition is again facing obstacles, this time over its algorithm. It comes after changes to Chinese government rules over the export of technology and its sale to foreign buyers.
The Chinese government updated rules that could prevent the sale of TikTok to a U.S.-based company. The rules affect the sale of data processing and speech and text recognition technology.
Microsoft's bid for TikTok could come to an end soon. A new report claims TikTok owner ByteDance has selected a buyer for its U.S., Australian, and New Zealand businesses, and an announcement could come "as soon as Tuesday."
According to sources, ByteDance is preparing engineers and U.S. employees for a shutdown of the app if a sale is not reached.
Yet another major corporation is interested in purchasing TikTok, though Walmart is interested in partnering with Microsoft rather than buying TikTok alone.
Just hours after Kevin Mayer quit his role as CEO of TikTok, a report emerged that his departure indicates that TikTok could be sold within the next 48 hours.
Kevin Mayer, who joined TikTok as Chief Executive Officer in May, has decided to leave the company ahead of an impending ban in the U.S.
TikTok has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's incoming ban. The company will argue that Trump's order was drafted without regard for due process and that no evidence has been presented to justify TikTok's status as a national security risk.
TikTok may file a legal challenge against President Trump's executive order effectively banning the app in the U.S. as early as Monday.
The profiles of 235M Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube users have been exposed in a database breach after they were collected and stored through a process known as "web scraping."
Oracle has reportedly entered the race to acquire TikTok from ByteDance, challenging Microsoft for the acquisition.
TikTok employees are planning to sue the U.S government over the upcoming ban. The employees argue that the wording of the executive order would make it illegal for TikTok to pay them after September 20.