TikTok has reportedly surpassed YouTube in average monthly viewers in the U.S. and UK, according to a report from an app analytics firm.
Google announced YouTube Shorts as a response to competing with TikTok, and experts think that the platform actually has a chance in doing so.
TikTok experienced an outage for several hours, affecting profile counts and causing failed logins. TikTok says the problem should be resolved now.
TikTok has announced that it will be rolling out the ability to create longer videos for all its users over the coming weeks.
The head of Instagram talks about how the platform wants to focus more on providing entertainment for users.
After being kicked around in the courts for the better part of six months, the TikTok ban drama ends in a whimper.
TikTok is now under fire in Europe over consumer rights concerns. Complaints were filed this week by multiple consumer organizations, alleging violations of the GDPR and due diligence failures.
TikTok and Oracle's deal is now paused as the Biden administration launches a threat assessment of the security risks posed by Chinese apps like TikTok and WeChat
Google is testing a more prominent Create button for Shorts, its TikTok competitor. But the new button placement may benefit Google more than it benefits casual users.
Social media app TikTok has now debuted on the Android TV platform just two months after being released on Samsung TVs.
TikTok has been temporarily blocked for young users in Italy, after a 10-year-old girl died trying to take part in a "blackout challenge."
Are you a Surface Duo user that happens to also enjoy TikTok? Good news! The official TikTok app for Android now support spanning on Surface Duo, meaning you can use the app across both displays to see even more content at once. On the left is your search and trending tags, and on the right is the usual TikTok video stream.
The US Commerce Department says that they will comply with last month's federal court ruling and will no longer enforce the TikTok shutdown.
TikTok has recently filed a new petition in a US Court of Appeals as the company has not heard back about the ban from the Trump administration for several weeks.
A federal judge has ordered a halt to President Trump's proposed ban of TikTok in the U.S, due to take effect on November 12, on the grounds TikTok would suffer irreparable harm and that the national security risk posed was phrased as hypothetical.
TikTok is no longer banned in Pakistan over the nature of its user-generated content. The country's Telecommunication Authority had found it "indecent" but concessions from the company had won it over.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols has granted a preliminary injunction to TikTok, temporarily blocking a ban on new downloads from Apple and Google’s app stores in the country.
The U.S. government has insisted that the TikTok ban must proceed in a court filing against a proposed motion that would stop the move.
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.
A judge has told the Trump administration it must either postpone its U.S. ban on TikTok or respond to a court by Friday in defence of the move.