This is extreme adherence to the ban, but you can understand TikTok taking that approach given the publicity and the political sensitivity. Working around the ban — if you can — is not ...

TikTok has gone dark — as the platform said would happen if the ban came into force on Sunday. 170 million users were shut out even before the midnight deadline, and while TikTok has said it is ...

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is reportedly planning to shut down the app in the U.S. on Sunday if the federal ban goes into effect. Users are encouraged to download any videos they want to ...

Roughly 170 million American TikTok users started 2025 bracing themselves for the app's proposed ban on Jan. 19. TikTok went dark for U.S. users for about 12 hours before becoming available again ...

"Enhanced screening and vetting" could slow progress that's been made on clearing visa backlogs — a critical step for increasing travel to the U.S. Trump plans to reinstate a travel ban with ...

With a potential TikTok ban looming for 170 million users of the app in the United States, it begs the question: How much public support is there for the ban? Not much. Between March 2023 and ...

The fate of Tiktok is now in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump after the Supreme Court upheld the ban on the viral video app Friday. The Biden Administration announced it would not enforce ...

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With Australia’s teen social media ban going full steam ahead this year, the requirements on social media companies to enforce restrictions are still being hashed out. Thirty-four companies have ...

The government argument today that the law — which granted TikTok’s parent company ByteDance 270 days from its passage to sell the app or face a ban — was simply “trying to surgically ...

Some TikTok users aren't waiting until the upcoming Jan. 19 ban to test out other short-form video sharing apps, but instead of Meta's social media sites or the Fediverse, they're swarming to ...

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, Jan. 17, to uphold a law that would ban the app for the 170 million people who use the app in the U.S. The ruling lines up with decisions other courts have made ...