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TikTok, RedNote and the crushed promise of the Chinese internet

The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to...

TikTok says restoring service in US, thanks Trump for ‘clarity’

TikTok said Sunday that it is "in the process of restoring service" in the United States, after briefly going dark as a law...

Trump security adviser doesn’t rule out continued Chinese ownership of TikTok

President-elect Donald Trump would not rule out continued Chinese ownership of TikTok if steps were taken to ensure that American users' data was...

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

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...

Social media personality racks up Snapchat views with Palisades fire coverage

When social media personality Alex Choi saw the raging wildfire in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, he grabbed his camera and...

TikTok stops working for US users ahead of ban

TikTok went dark in the U.S. on Saturday before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app took effect, cutting off access to...

Trump says he ‘most likely’ will give TikTok 90-day extension to avoid US ban

President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that he "most likely" would give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would...

Even before TikTok’s troubles, Chinese companies were wary of Washington

Chinese tech companies long looked to the United States as a key market and source of investment. Firms like ByteDance, the company behind...

TikTok might not see Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, threatens to go dark in US on 19 January unless…

TikTok, the video-sharing platform with a staggering 170 million American users, is on the verge of going dark this Sunday, right the day...

tiktok: How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

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...

tiktok: TikTok says it will go dark on Sunday in US without Joe Biden’s assurance

TikTok warned late Friday it will go dark in the United States on Sunday unless President Joe Biden's administration provides assurances to companies...

Trump says ‘must have time’ to decide on TikTok ban

Incoming US president Donald Trump said Friday that the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a congressional ban on TikTok should be respected but...