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TikTok ban: Apps to try if the platform shuts down

The Supreme Court is expected to decide on TikTok’s fate by Jan. 19. A TikTok ban could lead to a surge in popularity for other platforms, including Instagram, YouTube, and lesser-known apps. Some ... Read More

With Trump’s TikTok Ban On Hold, ByteDance Is Quietly Launching AI Apps

Last year, most lawmakers deemed the Chinese tech giant ByteDance a national security risk and banned its apps. Now, under a Trump reprieve, it’s shipping new apps anyway. In 2024, Congress passed a ... Read More

I secretly wished the TikTok ban had succeeded. Now, I realize the app wasn’t the issue

When Congress passed the TikTok ban earlier this year, a part of me hoped ByteDance, the parent company of Tiktok, wouldn’t sell to an American buyer. As I write this from Green Library, my phone sits ... Read More

TikTok ban: Will TikTok go dark again? What to know about TikTok deadline, Trump update

TikTok is almost out of time as the video app's potential ban in the United States looms just days away — April 5. TikTok went dark in the United States on Jan. 18 after the Supreme Court upheld the ... Read More

Another TikTok ban looms as Trump says a deal is coming—here’s what could happen next

TikTok faces an April 5 deadline to be sold or risk a nationwide ban under federal law. President Donald Trump says his administration is in talks with "four different groups" about potential deals. Read More

TikTok creators, partners remain optimistic ahead of app's second ban deadline

For the second time this year, TikTok is staring at a deadline that could determine its fate in the U.S. and that of numerous creators and brands that have built businesses on the Chinese-owned social ... Read More

Georgia expands TikTok ban on state devices to include RedNote, more apps

State employees using government-issued devices haven’t been able to access TikTok on them for years, but now more Chinese-owned apps are being banned. On Friday, Gov. Brian Kemp shared a memo from ... Read More

Instead of banning foreign apps like TikTok, America should focus on tech innovation at home

DeepSeek, a less expensive, more efficient Chinese AI alternative to ChatGPT was unveiled recently, briefly wiping out more than a trillion in value from the US stock market. The reason behind the ... Read More

TikTok ban presses pause on students’ scrolling social lives

“I didn’t believe it at first, because every year around this time, people say TikTok will get banned. Usually, it doesn’t,” Khushi Patel, a first-year student at the University of Iowa, said. Patel ... Read More