Articles tagged "TikTok"

The US Congress passed a law that would have forced TikTok to close its operations in the US – unless it was sold to a US company. But then President Trump gave it a 75-day extension and then another...

TikTok has just been handed a hefty €530 million ($600 million) fine in Ireland by the country's Data Protection Commission (DPC). The reason has to do with transfers of personal data of TikTok users...

TikTok's 75-day grace period in which it needed to sell its US operations or get banned would have ended tomorrow, but today US President Donald Trump decided to give the app another 75-day...

TikTok's future in the US is once again uncertain. On April 5, President Trump's extension to the 'sell or be banned' law expires, so if TikTok's US operations aren't sold by then, it will be banned...

US President Donald Trump announced that there are four different groups interested in buying the US TikTok operations. His administration did not disclose the identities of those behind the groups,...

A consortium of American investors is planning to acquire TikTok, reported Bloomberg. Led by online personality MrBeast, the group has raised over $20 billion for the bid, as reported by Mr. Jesse...

Microsoft might purchase TikTok's US operations. This information comes directly from US President Donald Trump, who added that "there's great interest in TikTok" when asked about Microsoft's...

ByteDance currently has until April 5, 2025 to divest its stake in TikTok to a US-based company as per US President Donald Trump’s executive order from earlier this week. While the app is still...

TikTok was officially banned in the United States last Friday with the app being removed from app stores and remaining inaccessible for a total of 13 hours. With the transition of power from...

TikTok users in the United States can celebrate as their beloved app is back online. 170 million Americans were greeted on Sunday with the news of the app's ban, and upon opening it, they encountered...

The US Supreme Court has upheld the law which bans TikTok in the US unless it's sold by January 19. To be clear, the ban only requires Apple and Google to remove the app from their app stores, it...

Chinese officials are evaluating a potential sale of TikTok to Elon Musk, reports Bloomberg. Beijing prefers the US operations of the controversial app remain in the hands of ByteDance, but with the...

TikTok is preparing a second version of its algorithm code for its 170 million users in the United States, reports Reuters. According to multiple sources who spoke to the agency, the work on...

TikTok is currently testing 60-minute video uploads, in its never ending quest to be more like YouTube. The feature is currently available to a limited group of users in "select markets", the company...

The US government approved the landmark national security package which was signed into law by President Joe Biden yesterday. The new regulation effectively gives TikTok parent company ByteDance an...

In just one week, the United States legislative branch passed the national security package into law, including a bill that can potentially ban TikTok from the US. The bill passed the House of...

After a swift vote in the House of Representatives earlier this week, the United States Senate has now passed the National Security Package which includes the controversial potential ban on TikTok in...

The US House of Representatives once again voted on a bill that could ban TikTok. The updated version now requires ByteDance to sell the social media to a US company within one year instead of six...

Only a week ago reports came out that a new bill is looking to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban in the US. And now that bill has passed the US House of Representatives (with a strong...

The European Union will investigate whether TikTok breached online content rules, revealed Reuters. The social media, owned by ByteDance, may have failed to protect children and ensure transparent...