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U.S. President Donald Trump extended a deadline by 75 days for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law. “The deal requires more work to ensure all …
Read More »Amazon among bidders to acquire TikTok as deadline looms for a buyer to be found
As the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches, bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up. Amazon and, separately, a consortium led by OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely are the latest to throw their hats into the ring for TikTok. The site faces an April 5 …
Read More »Trump dangles possibility of lower tariffs for China to make TikTok sale happen
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs to get a deal done with TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, to sell the short-video app used by 170 million Americans. ByteDance has an April 5 deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or face a U.S. …
Read More »Trump has postponed the TikTok ban. Was that legal?
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, his first day back in office, signed an executive order postponing the country’s ban of TikTok for 75 days. But whether this move was lawful is up in the air. The ban — signed into law by the Biden administration and upheld by the Supreme …
Read More »TikTok tells U.S. users it will be ‘temporarily unavailable’ starting Sunday
TikTok told users in the United States late on Saturday it would be “temporarily unavailable” on Sunday when a law banning the app takes effect in the U.S. Users logging on were met with a message that said the law would “force us to make our services temporarily unavailable. We’re …
Read More »TikTok creators nervous, angry as U.S. ban expected Jan. 19
A looming U.S. TikTok ban is starting to sink in for content creators whose livelihoods rely on the popular video app. The ban is expected to take effect on Jan. 19, after the Supreme Court heard arguments Friday about the move following months of debate. Congress has argued for a ban …
Read More »TikTok fights looming ban in U.S. Supreme Court. What you need to know
The company that owns TikTok goes to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to try to fend off a new law that would see the wildly popular social media app banned later this month. The law would prohibit companies such as Apple and Google from making TikTok available to users …
Read More »Fictional movie characters are chasing ‘authenticity’ on TikTok to get your attention
Smoke fills the screen as Skye Riley marches powerfully through a room full of figures silhouetted in white. The video was posted last month to the Skye Riley Nation TikTok, a page dedicated to someone who appears to be a massive pop star, with content similar to what you’d see on the TikToks …
Read More »How a viral TikTok video led to a year-long global shortage of Swedish candy
A global shortage of Swedish-made candy, all thanks to a viral TikTok video? Stranger things have happened. But that’s exactly what went down earlier this year, when TikTok influencer Marygrace Graves showed followers the sweets she’d scooped up from a weekly visit to BonBon, a Swedish candy shop in New …
Read More »Romanian court orders election redo after allegations of pro-Russia propaganda campaign on TikTok
A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a co-ordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round. The Constitutional Court’s unprecedented decision — which is final — came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified …
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