Bad Haircut? A Hot Chinese App Is Giving Americans Blunt Advice

Young Americans, fed up with U.S. social media ... And they’re turning to a Chinese app for it. No, not TikTok. Xiaohongshu is a mix of Instagram and Reddit, a lifestyle bible for over 300 ... Read More

Instagram, YouTube the biggest likely winners of TikTok ban but smaller rivals could rise too

While a bill to ban TikTok if it doesn't change owners has received President Joe Biden's signature, it could still be years before the popular video-sharing app is actually blocked from U.S. app ... Read More

Half of U.S. Adults Support TikTok Ban, and 46% Think China Uses App to Spy on Americans: Poll

A majority of Americans -- 56% -- have an unfavorable view of TikTok, and half support a U.S. ban on the ByteDance app, according to a new poll. Read More

Chinese illegal border crossings spike by 7,000%. Only China knows why

the Chinese government is knowingly allowing tens of thousands of its young men to freely access these tutorials and flee the country. It doesn’t take a top-secret clearance to imagine why this ... Read More

Why the U.S. Is Forcing TikTok to Be Sold or Banned

By Sapna Maheshwari and Amanda Holpuch Concerns that the Chinese government could access sensitive user data through the short-form video app TikTok ... Here’s why the pressure has been ... Read More

Apps News

While some of the apps banned have Chinese links, the list also includes Indian applications such as LazyPay and Kissht. Currently, there is no information from the government why apps such as ... Read More

Software & Apps News - Page 1

The Senate officially banned TikTok in the United States, giving the popular app owner the ... data of 170 million Americans, and that data could then be shared with the Chinese government. Read More

TikTok: Why is the US going after the popular social media app?

This week US lawmakers passed a bill that forces TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the hugely popular social media app, or be banned in America. But why is the US doing this? Read More

The Secret Push That Could Ban TikTok

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news ... Chinese government could somehow use ByteDance and TikTok to get information on ... Read More

US TikTok ban: When and why could the app be outlawed?

TikTok could be banned in the US unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance. The video sharing app has millions ... Watch: How do young Americans feel about a ban on TikTok? Read More

TikTok may be banned in the US. Here’s what happened when India outlawed the Chinese app

Why did India ban TikTok? In June 2020, TikTok users in India bid goodbye to the app, which is operated by Chinese internet firm ByteDance. New Delhi had suddenly banned the popular app ... Read More

Is TikTok getting banned? Biden signed the TikTok bill into law. Here's what happens next.

Why does the US want TikTok to sell? Fans of the app flooded ... spread Chinese government propaganda on sensitive topics such as the Israel-Hamas war. "Many Americans, particularly young ... Read More