Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden ...

The future of the popular social media app remains in doubt. ByteDance restored TikTok service to U.S. users on Sunday following a temporary weekend shutdown. While the app is now online ...

In China, one of the world’s largest book markets and most digitised nations, social media is influencing what and how people read in new and evolving ways – through two super apps.

As TikTok went out in the US, Xiaohongshu – more commonly known as the RedNote app - saw a surge in users seeking alternatives — but it’s not a straight swap, writes Hannah Daygo Watch ...

President-elect Donald Trump proposed to let the United States own half of the popular social media platform to satisfy a law requiring the Chinese-owned app to divest its U.S. operations.

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The law has become deeply unpopular with users and many Americans, and many TikTok users began fleeing to Chinese social media apps in protest. The Biden administration’s comments that it would ...

TikTok voluntarily shut down service ahead of the controversial ban which took effect on Sunday. However, the social media app gave users the option to download their data despite losing service.

TikTok said Sunday it's "restoring services" after a ban in the United States initially began to take effect earlier in the day. "In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process ...

On Sunday, the day that law took effect, Instagram pounced. The social media app, which is owned by Meta, announced a new app called Edits, a video-editing product that appeared to be a clone of ...

The app is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Obviously, many social media platforms have their own bookmarking features, allowing users to save posts they like for later. Twitter, Instagram ...

The Supreme Court last week unanimously upheld a law that could effectively ban TikTok in the U.S., leaving some Austin-based influencers and social media managers in limbo over what the app's ...