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USA TODAY on MSN.com · 1h

Alabama sues TikTok: State AG accuses app of fueling youth mental health crisis

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and ByteDance over youth safety and privacy concerns. Here's what to know.

Digital Trends · 19h

President Trump promises another lifeline to save TikTok from a US ban

President Donald Trump says if a deal is not reached and TikTok faces a ban in the US, he will extend the deadline in hopes of fixing the situation permanently.

Newsweek on MSN.com · 15h

TikTok Gets Presidential Lifeline as Trump Considers Deadline Extension

In January, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that required ByteDance, TikTok's China-based parent company to sell its operations or face a nationwide ban. The ban later went into effect and the Chinese-owned app stopped working for Americans for about 12 hours.

KnowTechie on MSN.com · Mar 18, 2025

TikTok launches Security Checkup to help protect your account

It helps prevent unauthorized access even if someone has stolen a user's password ... If a teen tries to use TikTok after 10 PM, the app will play calming music to encourage them to stop scrolling ...

The Star · 14d

TikTok Shop and KPDN introduce #ShopSafe tips to help prevent online shopping scams in Malaysia

TikTok Shop, has partnered with the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) to spread awareness on #ShopSafe tips for online scam prevention. #ShopSafe is part of a wider online scam awareness initiative by TikTok Shop to empower Malaysians through education.

National Review · 29d

Trump Is Wrong to Defy TikTok Law

Nobody Is ‘Clamoring’ for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, Actually The Sordid Logic of the Ukraine Minerals Deal First Quarter GDP: Look Ahead, Not Back The Democrats Don’t Know Who They Are ...

The Daytona Beach News-Journal · 28d

Is TikTok getting banned? What to know about the latest sale deadline

President Trump has extended the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok by 75 days. The deal fell through due to a clash over tariffs between the U.S. and China. If no sale occurs, the app could ...

The Brown Daily Herald · 28d

TikTok is staying in the US for now. But what are its effects on student well-being?

On Friday, President Trump granted ByteDance, the China-based company that owns TikTok, a 75-day extension on the deadline to either sell the app or have TikTok be banned in the United States. The move was the latest action that has kept TikTok’s future ...

Trump tariffs derail TikTok deal with China

The deal would have several American venture capital firms, private equity funds and tech firms invest in a company that would control the app's U.S. operations, CNN reported. TikTok's current ...

New York Post · Apr 4, 2025

Deal to sell TikTok was in place — but ByteDance pulled out after new Trump tariffs

President Trump’s plan to secure a US buyer for TikTok was “finalized” earlier ... order authorizing the sale of the social media app from its Chinese parent company ByteDance to a company ...

ABC News · 29d

A deal for TikTok seemingly falls hostage to the US-China trade war

TikTok app logo, Aug. 22, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters, FILE ByteDance would have maintained a minority ownership in the new company, under the 20% threshold required by Congress. All that remained ...

Badger Herald · 19d

Potential TikTok ban comes as app’s influence on Wisconsin elections grows

Tony Evers, according to the U.S. Voting Census. Political pressure may weaken TikTok’s communication power, but the app is so influential that no politician in Congress would risk reelection by banning it in the U.S., The New Republic journalist and ...

Mashable · Mar 11, 2025

TikTok launches new parental monitoring tools and app limits for teens

In addition, the platform says teens can expect additional "Wind Down" reminders for users under 18 years old (TikTok allows users as young as 13) who are on the app after 10 p.m., part of its ...

CBS News · Apr 3, 2025

Amazon tells White House it's interested in buying TikTok

Amazon has told the White House it is interested in buying TikTok ahead of a key deadline by which its parent company, China-based ByteDance, must either sell the popular social media app or face ...

The New York Times · 28d

How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs

ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, along with some of its U.S. investors, and officials in Washington had coalesced around a new ownership structure for the popular video app, four people ...

NBC 6 South Florida · 12d

Instagram launches Edits app for video, rivaling TikTok

Edits appears to be Meta's answer to CapCut, TikTok's sister app that is also owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, which allows users to create and edit video on their phone or computer.

WTVD · Apr 4, 2025

President Trump says he's giving TikTok another 75 days to find a US buyer

Potential buyers of the app include Amazon. The company sent a letter to the Trump administration to join the bidding war for TikTok, sources told ABC News. The mobile tech company AppLovin and a ...

Digital Trends · Apr 4, 2025

Trump grants TikTok another delay as Walmart readies bid

Walmart sees TikTok as more than just a trending app, though. It views the social video plaform as a chance to break further into the digital space and compete with Amazon in a totally different way.

China says any TikTok deal has to comply with Chinese law

BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday said that any deal for TikTok had to comply with Chinese law, reiterating an earlier stance when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump's move to ...

Fox Business · 12d

Social Media

QVC Group announced an agreement Wednesday with TikTok to allow 24/7 live shopping streams on the social media app, saying it will bring a "powerhouse" lineup of hosts. O'Leary Ventures Chairman ...

USA Today · Apr 4, 2025

TikTok saved by executive order once again. Will a deal be struck before another 75 days?

TikTok went dark on Jan. 19 in the U.S. for around 12 hours and disappeared from app stores, although it came back up for users who already had the app downloaded. The law imposes a $5,000 fine ...

Digital Trends on MSN.com · Mar 17, 2025

TikTok users need to check out this new security feature

TikTok named Security Checkup after Google’s security feature, which has a similar layout but different settings, such as third-party connections and saved passwords. The new security feature ...

The Verge · Apr 4, 2025

Trump delays TikTok ban again

Until we hear more about any potential deal that actually could be used to delay the law as it’s written, it’s probably a good idea to keep your TikTok app updated just in case its listings ...

Defense One · Apr 4, 2025

No TikTok deal at all is better than a bad one

But regardless of whether the Trump administration ultimately bans TikTok, brokers a deal to find a new owner for the app, or continues to punt on the issue, U.S. officials must learn from TikTok ...

Trump Extends TikTok Ban Deadline by Another 75 Days. Here’s What to Know

A user holds a smartphone with the TikTok app open Reporter President Donald Trump has followed through on his commitment to save TikTok yet again, marking the second time this year that he’s ...

American Songwriter · Apr 5, 2025

TikTok Ban Deadline Extended: What This Means for Musicians on the App

Shortly before the April 5 deadline set for ByteDance to sell the social media app TikTok, Donald Trump signed an executive order to keep the social media platform from being banned for another 75 ...

CNET · Apr 4, 2025

Lemon8 and TikTok Could Be Banned. Here's How the Apps Are Different

Lemon8's content is split into six topic tabs, plus a seventh tab called All. The other tabs are Fashion, Beauty, Food, Wellness, Travel and Home. These tabs can be found across the top of your screen, and tapping into these tabs shows you recommended and suggested posts.

This TikTok-Viral Manifestation Hack Can Be Used Every Day

That’s why many people on TikTok are keeping things simple by turning their passwords into affirmations, a trend that has thousands of results in the app. Instead of typing a random mess of ...

AppleInsider · 29d

Apple given permission to keep TikTok in App Store until US deal is finalized

Apple has been told it is allowed to keep the TikTok app in the App Store, following a US government assurance that no action should be taken for another 75 days. US Attorney General Pam Bondi ...