TikTok

ByteDance, TikToks Chinese parent, would rather shut down the short video platform than sell, if legal action in response to US government pressure fails, Reuters reported on Friday, citing four.....

In fact, under the text of the law, if some other company were to come along and do everything exactly the same as ByteDance, including being owned by a Chinese company, and offered a service.....

TikToks Beijing-based owner ByteDance tightened its grip over its US operations over the past two years, according to company insiders, even as momentum to ban the short-video app grew in Washington......

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a bill that could ban TikTok in the US. The bill's passage is the latest event in the years-long fight between the popular Chinese app and the US government. US.....

The bill that will force a sale or ban of TikTok in the United States is now law. President Joe Biden signed a package of foreign aid bills that included the Protecting Americans from Foreign.....

The United States Senate has passed a bill that requires TikTok, a Chinese-based company, to divest or face a ban on American shores. ByteDance, the owner of the viral video social media platform,.....

Yesterday, the EU issued TikTok an ultimatum. The Chinese-owned social media app was given just 24 hours to outline the mental health risks related to its new app TikTok Lite or face huge daily fines......

On Tuesday, the Senate passed a massive foreign aid package that included an ultimatum for TikTok: Divest or be banned from operating within the US. The package was approved by the House of.....

The US House of Representatives has passed a combination bill related to sanctions on other countries, such as Russia that includes language that could force the sale or divestiture of TikTok. .....

TikTok is a unique social media network known for inspiring creativity (and memes) to a global community of over one billion users, including more than 8.5 million Australians. TikTok serves as a.....

On The Vergecast: all your thoughts on the biggest questions in tech. Is TikTok bad, or is there more to the story? And is the iPhone really a monopoly or did Apple just win capitalism? And what are.....

The United States government is currently poised to outlaw TikTok. Little of the evidence that convinced Congress the app may be a national security threat has been shared publicly, in some cases.....