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Millions of young people in the United States use TikTok, and many content creators are up in arms about the prospect of the popular video-sharing app shutting down under court order if it is not sold to an American entity. Photo: Leonardo Munoz / AFP Source: AFP "I almost, like,…

On Friday, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law that effectively bans the social media app TikTok in the United States, unless the platform’s China-based owner sells TikTok. Though Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch disagreed somewhat with the unsigned majority opinion’s rationale, no justice dissented. It’s also worth…

The Supreme Court has announced a unanimous ruling to uphold a law  banning TikTok  on Sunday, January 19, if the app does not sell to a non-Chinese owner by then, citing national security concerns.  TikTok, owned by ByteDance, could lose its 170 million American followers, including seven million of which…

Technology Now that the US Supreme Court has decided that a law banning TikTok is constitutional, the platform is set to shut down in the US on 19 January – but Trump could still save it By Jeremy Hsu Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email A…

Kick, the Stake.com-owned streaming platform, teased its intention to purchase TikTok’s US-facing assets. This announcement comes ahead of the social media platform’s looming ban. TikTok to Sell Its US Assets TikTok has cemented itself as a phenomenon despite its inherent security risks. While the US government has previously expressed concerns…

The future of TikTok is in President-elect Donald Trump's hands, as President Joe Biden reportedly has no intention of enforcing a ban set to go into effect on Sunday. A bipartisan bill passed by Congress and signed into law by Biden last year required ByteDance, TikTok's China-based parent company, to…

Amid a looming fear of TikTok ban in the United States, Americans are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the US. Some of the “TikTok refugees,” as they call themselves, say the TikTok alternative, a Chinese app, is being chosen in…

WORCESTER, Mass. — Five Massachusetts college students appeared in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok. The Assumption University students, all teenagers, were arraigned on conspiracy and kidnapping charges.…

A popular TikTok content creator, @mummytrevor shares a video of her husband reporting her online attitude to her family members. The young mother of one makes video content posing as a mad woman for online attention and humor to her husband’s chagrin and displeasure. What the husband could no longer…

A MUM-OF-10 has insisted there's "no need" to spend a fortune on activewear, after finding an amazing set in Primark. Vanessa explained that she'd previously bought a sports bra top for a whopping £40, but sent it back as it was such a poor fit. 5 Mum-of-10 Vanessa took to…