The popular China-based video sharing app has been facing a US ban over security concerns, although President Donald Trump has continued to extend the deadline. The White House on Tuesday launched an ...
TikTok announced on Monday that it’s launching its first-ever TikTok Awards show in the U.S. The awards will include “Creator of the Year,” “Video of the Year,” “Muse of the Year,” “Breakthrough ...
TikTok has agreed to settle with a plaintiff and will no longer be part of a high-profile California social media trial. The trial continues this week against Meta and Alphabet's YouTube. Last week, ...
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TikTok has denied claims that its new US operations are heavily-controlling what users post after thousands reported glitches with the video streaming platform. In a response to the BBC, a ...
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday putting more time on the clock for the popular short video app TikTok, five months after the start date of a federal law banning it in the U.S.
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As the countdown begins for the 97th annual Oscars ®, TikTok is waiting in the wings, ready to turn cultural moments into cultural movements. With its vibrant community of over a billion users ...
A 16-year-old girl was rescued in Kentucky after using a hand gesture she learned on social media app TikTok to signal to motorists that she was in trouble, the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said on Monday.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he was happy his recent ban on the use of Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices meant his children could no longer access the platform.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to block short-form video app TikTok in the United States after China took an ownership stake in a key subsidiary of ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of TikTok.
President Donald Trump this week will declare that a deal to divest TikTok's U.S. operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance will meet requirements set out in a 2024 law, a White House official said on Monday, adding that investors will include Oracle and private equity firm Silver Lake.
Short video app TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security.
The Supreme Court's nine justices heard arguments on Friday in a challenge by TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short-video app by Jan. 19 on national security grounds.
A federal appeals court said on Wednesday it will hear oral arguments on Dec. 14 on the government's appeal of an order that blocked a ban on Apple Inc and Alphabet’s Google offering TikTok for download in U.S. app stores.
Meta Platforms' Instagram, Alphabet's YouTube, TikTok and Twitter could face regulatory action after European consumer group BEUC complained to the European Commission and consumer authorities that the online platforms allegedly facilitate the misleading promotion of crypto assets.
The Biden administration outlined efforts this week to address growing U.S. national security concerns on foreign companies' handling of Americans' data.
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The former head of short video giant TikTok's gaming unit, Jason Fung, is launching a blockchain gaming startup as one of two co-founders, he told Reuters in an interview, as the buzz around blockchain games grows while sector heavyweights remain wary.
American TikTok star Addison Rae's dreams are coming true as she makes her feature film debut in a Netflix movie.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration would not approve the sale of TikTok to Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc if China's ByteDance maintains any control.
With flavors ranging from bubble gum to passion fruit and TikTok stars promoting it, chewing coca has become the latest chic trend in Bolivia.
TikTok and Alphabet's YouTube have failed to set out meaningful steps to protect British children from harmful online content, media regulator Ofcom said on Thursday, citing data showing widespread exposure on their platforms.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission could resolve its investigation into Chinese-owned short video app TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices by either filing suit or reaching a settlement in the coming weeks, a source told Reuters.
Seven companies including Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook-owner Meta and Microsoft say they meet the EU's new criteria of "gatekeeper" that means they have to meet tougher rules, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Tuesday.
He said the United States "pretty much" has a deal on a sale.
A celebrity-studded video app is fighting to contend in the public arena. After scrapping a $5 billion reverse merger last year, Triller plans to sell existing shares through a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange rather than new ones in a traditional initial public offering. Despite some heavyweight hype, the company looks like a lightweight.
The CEO of investment firm General Atlantic, a board member of TikTok's parent company, said on Thursday that he was optimistic that a deal to keep the short-video app operating in the United States would be agreed.
An Italian parents' group and a number of families faced off against Meta and TikTok on Thursday in the first hearing of a lawsuit that seeks to restrict minors' access to social media platforms.