TikTok has gone offline in the US after the Supreme Court backed a ban in the States. Lawmakers had told the social media platform’s China-based owner to sell up or move on when Congress passed a law to otherwise ban it last year.
The app went dark nationwide on Saturday night, but the company indicated it was in the process of restoring the service after assurances from President-elect Donald J. Trump.
The Supreme Court’s ruling represents the end of TikTok’s legal fight for survival. Its faint hopes now rest on a political solution. Donald Trump, who is due to become president on January 20th, the day after TikTok’s banishment,
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so,
RedNote became a popular alternative social app for TikTok users and topped the Apple App Store and Google Play Store on Monday.
The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.
A growing number of researchers fear that the controversial app is promoting pro-China content and softening attitudes towards the People’s Republic
Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.
The Supreme Court has upheld the law that will effectively ban TikTok on Sunday,9. The decision marks the end of TikTok’s months-long legal
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok plans to shut U.S. operations of its social media app on Sunday when a federal ban is set to take effect, barring a last-minute reprieve, people familiar with the matter said.