TikTok

The US government on Thursday said that it won’t enforce the order that would shut down the US usage of TikTok, the viral short video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, which was labeled as a national security threat by the Trump administration, the Wall Street Journal reported. As the…

The US Department of Commerce will delay enforcing a ban on Bytedance’s TikTok following a court order in favor of the video-sharing social networking app.On Thursday, the US Court of Appeals in Washington DC set new dates of December 14 and 28 for ByteDance and the Trump administration to file…

The fate of TikTok in the United States got even more confusing this week. The U.S. Justice and Commerce Departments sent conflicting messages today about TikTok’s future, which is now up in the air with the upcoming administration transition. The Department of Commerce said Thursday it would abide by an…

In the heat of the recent US elections, it almost seemed that the current Trump administration was too busy to remember the deadline it set for TikTok to divest or shut down its operations in the US. After months of uncertainty, TikTok has finally gotten a reprieve as the US…

President Donald Trump has issued multiple executive orders aimed at banning TikTok or forcing it to sell to US investors. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Samantha Lee/Business Insider The Commerce Department said it won't enforce an executive order that would have effectively banned TIkTok in the US in order to comply…

US delays TikTok ban Updated 1 day ago · Published on 13 Nov 2020 9:00AM · No deal has been finalised to transfer ownership of TikTok to an American business to allay security concerns. – AFP pic, November 13, 2020. THE United States government said yesterday it would delay enforcement…

Last Updated: 13th November, 2020 11:39 IST In line with PM Modi's vision, two brothers from Kashmir's Budgam district have created a mobile application which they say is an alternative to China's TikTok After India banned China-based highly popular TikTok in June following a border dispute with China in the…

So much has happened in 2020 that it is easy to forget one of the big tech stories. Earlier this year, governments around the world, including the US, threatened to ban TikTok. Used in over 150 countries, by more than 800 million users every month, the service has been accused…

tiktok who? — The administration's attention appears to have wandered into other fields. Kate Cox - Nov 12, 2020 10:45 pm UTC Enlarge / TikTok's US fate is up in the air, but at least you can still download and patch it.The Department of Commerce has put a stay on…

In this file photo illustration taken on November 21, 2019, the logo of the social media video-sharing app Tiktok is displayed on a tablet screen in Paris.  (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP).The US government has decided against enforcing its ban on Chinese-owned social media sensation TikTok to comply with…