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Social media app TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, will be banned in the United States on Sunday unless a deal comes together to sell it to a U.S. investor or the U.S. Supreme Court ...
The court also noted that minors using the app were at risk of being targeted by sexual predators. The court further asked broadcast media not to telecast any of those videos from the app. The spokesperson for TikTok stated that they were abiding by local laws and were awaiting a copy of the court order before they take action. [18]
A coffin containing a blow up doll, dressed in TikTok merch is used by comic Zach Sage, who posts content on TikTok, as he films in Washington Square Park in New York City, U.S., January 17, 2025.
Interest in the app, which is currently No. 1 in the Apple app store's "Top Free Apps," picked up in the U.S. as TikTok users search for alternatives. RedNote has been compared to both Instagram ...
Message displayed to US users on the TikTok app during the shutdown on January 18, 2025. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China.
This has helped bring the total number of TikTok users around the world to above 2 billion, with only India’s ban nearly three years ago slightly slowing its growth – and only temporarily.
There was certainly a lot of conversation about what the future of TikTok looked like, with users debating whether an extension would be implemented or if it was really going to disappear on the 19th.
The proposed bill would make TikTok unavailable in app stores or web hosting services, making it unavailable to U.S. users, unless it severs ties with parent company ByteDance within 180 days.