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TikTok’s and its parent company, ByteDance, has taken the Trump administration to court over their ban in the United States. The plaintiffs claim that the US government had imposed the rule onto TikTok with no factual grounds, and was instead done on an “anti-China political campaign”.    TikTok argues that “Independent national security and information security…

TikTok PHOTO:Lionel Bonaventure/Getty Images Video app TikTok on Monday said it had filed a lawsuit challenging the US government’s crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned platform, which Washington accuses of being a national security threat. As tensions soar between the world’s two biggest economies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order…

About 60 per cent of TikTok’s 26.5 million monthly active users in the United States are between the ages of 16 and 24, the company said last year. Photo: ReutersUS president’s executive order gave China’s ByteDance 90 days to divest popular video-sharing app’s US operations Meanwhile, some ByteDance investors are…

Trump claims TikTok could be used by China to track locations of federal employees, build dossiers on people for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage. Photo: FileNEW YORK: Popular video app TikTok said on Saturday it will take Donald Trump's administration to court to challenge his administration's crackdown on the popular…

TikTok says it will file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over his executive order demanding ByteDance — TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company — sell or spin off its U.S. operations within 90 days. “Even though we strongly disagree with the Administration’s concerns, for nearly a year we have sought…

Gossip Girl may have gone off the air in 2012 but, thanks to Netflix, its iconic costume designs are still having an impact on fans, new and old. In late August, TikTok user IvyZed shared a video of what can only be described as one of Serena van der Woodsen's most…unique…

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An effort by TikTok users to troll President Trump’s official campaign app with thousands of one-star reviews appears to have had an impact — if not the impact the pranksters had wanted. In July, Bloomberg reported TikTok activists were flocking to the Official Trump 2020 app on the U.S. App…

A corporate giant is eyeing to scoop up TikTok, Uber and Lyft may not shut down in California after all, and Apple is a valuable company, didja know?It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Friday, August 21, and I’m your host Alex Coop.An…

TikTok is slowly but surely becoming the number one spot for celebrity doppelgängers to show off their A-list Hollywood looks. Next up: a woman who looks like Sandra Bullock.On August 18, TikTok user Madelynn (@thebestmaddie_) posted a new video proving she looks a remarkable amount like the Bird Box star.…