The video app that once styled itself a joyful politics-free zone is now bracing for a nationwide ban and pinning its hopes on President-elect Donald Trump.
TikTok might be gone — but its effects have changed us forever. Whatever happens to the app, the TikTokification of American life is here to stay.
With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple.
Start-ups with Chinese ties have found it increasingly difficult to do business and list shares in the United States.
Soon in Washington, D.C., a monumental event may transform American society in ways that are difficult to fathom: TikTok could be banned, banishing millions of (mostly) young peop
The announcement comes as both the Biden administration and President-elect Donald Trump have said they’re looking for ways to let TikTok continue to operate.
The Chinese-owned company said it will cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they will not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.
After a bipartisan bill to remove TikTok from app stores in the U.S. or force its sale passed last year, some officials in Washington now want to delay the ban from going into effect.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app’s owners that claimed the ban violated the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.
With an American TikTok ban threatening the app, users and creators reflect on what it did for internet culture – and what their online worlds might look like without it.