TikTok moved to end a yearslong political and legal battle on Thursday as CEO Shou Chew told staff the company signed agreements to form a new U.S. joint venture with American-led investors, with the ...
The president plans to sign another executive order this week that would give the popular video app more time to change its ownership structure. By Sapna Maheshwari President Trump intends to again ...
TikTok announced Thursday that it has finalized a historic deal to launch a majority American-owned joint venture, a move aimed at averting a potential U.S. ban on the popular social media app. The ...
In the United States, TikTok claims 170 million users. But in China, about 700 million use the domestic version, Douyin, and 300 million scroll the headlines on Toutiao, a news app. Every video that ...
A verified account with the @elonmusk handle also recently showed up on Instagram, as the billionaire prepares to take his rocket company SpaceX public. By Ryan Mac Reporting from Los Angeles Since ...
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday that declares a deal being negotiated by the White House to sell TikTok's U.S. operations will meet ...
Politically, culturally, spiritually, let’s face it: 2025 has been a pretty weird year. 2025 was the year of the Labubu. In April, the toothy, fluffy monsters from Hong Kong toy company Pop Mart ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The phenomenon of TikTok is extraordinary. A video-sharing app where American tweens went to lip-sync and dance ...
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom accused TikTok on Monday of suppressing content critical of President Donald Trump as he launched a review to decide if its content ...
YouTube said on Tuesday it is bringing shopping features to its TikTok-like short-form video service, as the Alphabet -owned company looks to fortify its revenue against a drop in spending by recession-wary advertisers.
Amid strained U.S.-China relations, Meta Platforms’ quest for new users could bring it back into the messy middle. The $828 billion company has brokered a preliminary deal to sell virtual reality headsets in the country with Chinese technology titan Tencent starting late next year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The agreement should help Facebook’s owner tap into the big market through gaming while avoiding thornier issues that come with social media. If successful, it also will put pressure on U.S. officials to soften their own stance.
Tiktok-owner Bytedance is preparing to refinance a $5 billion loan by another three years, Bloomberg news reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The women-only U.S. dating advice app Tea has suspended direct messaging following a series of security breaches that exposed its users' personal details and sensitive communications, the company said on Tuesday.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is guiding short-video social app Triller as it goes public in a $5 billion reverse merger with video streaming software company SeaChange International Inc, which is advised by K&L Gates.
Video-sharing app TikTok's advertisement revenue is likely to triple in 2022 to more than $11 billion, exceeding the combined sales of its rivals Twitter Inc and Snap Inc , according to research firm Insider Intelligence.
Alphabet's Google, Meta Platforms and TikTok on Thursday won backing from Europe's top court in their fight against an Austrian law requiring them to delete hate speech or face fines of up to ($10.69 million).
The Biden administration is holding talks among federal agencies about the security of Americans' data and whether the U.S. government has adequate tools.
Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove "toxic" content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday.
What a night it has been. Today's TikTok Awards UK and Ireland brought us high energy, jaw-dropping looks and just the right amount of chaos. Over the last few hours, we saw creators with platforms ...
Romania’s central election authority barred far-right candidate Calin Georgescu from competing in May’s presidential election re-run, not the European Union, contrary to misleading posts online.
Scores of social media influencers are fighting journalists for access, prestige and workspace at a national convention this week where the Democratic Party is counting on the influencers' viral online videos to boost Kamala Harris' U.S. presidential hopes.
A video of a woman saying she was paid to attend the "Hands Off" protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk is satire.
A cyberattack on a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports.
Facebook (FB.O), Twitter (TWTR.N) and Chinese-owned TikTok face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they fail to remove and limit the spread of illegal content such as child sexual abuse and terrorist material under laws proposed by Britain on Tuesday.
Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and its consortium of partners in The People's Bid said on Thursday they proposed to make a formal bid to ByteDance to buy TikTok's U.S. assets.
A video showing shelves collapsing in a store during an earthquake in Myanmar in March has been miscaptioned online as footage from Russia.
Three U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged the Federal Trade Commision to ensure technology companies like Facebook , Alphabet's YouTube and TikTok comply with policy changes aimed protecting young people online.
A health warning from South Korea's food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice went viral in social media posts.
Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, said on Wednesday that it would shrink its financial services unit and that it planned to sell its stock broking operations amid China's tightening grip on the financial technology (fintech) sector.
Indonesia's biggest tech company PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk posted a first-quarter underlying loss of 102 billion rupiah ($6.28 million), on Monday, but said it was on track for profitability, helped by its partnership with TikTok.