TikTok

Key Takeaways TikTok has been effectively banned in the US. Users are no longer able to access the app. Google has become the first company to be investigated under the UK’s DMCC Act for abuse of its dominant position. Google Gemini will now be available to all users for free.…

NEW YORK — During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed a threat to U.S. national security. But on the eve of his return to the White House, the president-elect is being hailed as the app’s…

It hasn't even been a full day since ByteDance shut down TikTok in the US, and now it says the app is coming back. In a statement posted on X Sunday afternoon, TikTok wrote, “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service.” The statement…

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. UPDATE—January 19, 2025: After the app briefly stopped functioning in the United States on January 18, TikTok is already back…for now. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process…

Meta Sunday announced a new video editing app called Edits, after ByteDance’s video editing app CapCut was removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban. Instagram head Adam Mosseri (pictured above) said on Threads that the app will launch next month on…

Like Lazarus, TikTok has risen from the dead. A ban on the social media app used by more than 170 million Americans has been averted, at least for now, the company announced in a midday tweet on Sunday. The news came after President-elect Donald Trump announced he would use an…

When TikTok influencers in the United States opened their apps on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 18, many expected to have their last few hours of scrolling or posting. Instead, they were met with the following message: “Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted…

Less than 24 hours after going dark, TikTok says it has come back online after President-elect Donald Trump gave the company's service providers—presumably Apple, Google, and Oracle—reassurance that his administration wouldn’t enforce a law banning the app in the first place. "In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in…

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News The Avengers can't save you now Marvel Snap has been pulled from release in the United States in the wake of the TikTok ban TikTok's publisher and developer, ByteDance, is also the parent company of devs Second Dinner It's unclear when, if ever, Snap will return to mobile It's…