Donald Trump hopes to settle TikTok's fate on Xi callPresident Trump plans to speak with China’s Xi Jinping on Friday about TikTok and trade. He said they’re close to reaching agreement and de...
19 Sep, 2025, 11.14 AM IST
Oracle's role in TikTok's future gets Capitol Hill scrutinyTikTok is facing yet another political scramble over its future. In January, President Donald Trump delayed enforcement of the law that wou...
19 Mar, 2025, 09.42 AM IST
How a sale of TikTok would work and who might buy itSince signing the order to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner by early April, Donald Trump has dropped a series of often conflicting hints ...
05 Feb, 2025, 08.48 AM IST
Did Donald Trump mention TikTok during his inaugural address? Here’s what he saidAs the new administration begins, the spotlight remains on how Trump’s policies will impact the social media landscape.
21 Jan, 2025, 04.21 PM IST
Donald Trump says 'save TikTok' after it goes dark for nearly 170 million US users: Can he overturn the ban?TikTok ceased operations for 170 million U.S. users on January 19 after a law banning the app due to national security concerns came into e...
20 Jan, 2025, 07.26 PM IST
US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTokThe U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law requiring TikTok to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned due to national security ...
18 Jan, 2025, 09.21 AM IST
TikTok US ban: China weighs sale to Elon Musk as one possible optionChinese officials are considering Elon Musk to acquire TikTok's US operations if the app faces a ban. Musk, a prominent Trump supporter, co...
14 Jan, 2025, 08.19 AM IST
TikTok and its 'secret sauce' caught in US-China tussleAs a US campaign to sever TikTok from its Chinese parent heads to the Senate, analysts say Beijing's response to a forced sale of the app -...
19 Mar, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
TikTok's US future still in limbo as commerce secretary visits ChinaDespite the intense pressure on the popular short-form video app, which is owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, efforts to ban or...
29 Aug, 2023, 10.34 AM IST
Why TikTok is being banned on gov't phones in US and beyondThe United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned s...
01 Mar, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
TikTok says its U.S. traffic is going through Oracle servers, but it retains backupsIn 2020, President Donald Trump ordered ByteDance to sell TikTok over concerns it could expose the personal information of Americans to Bei...
18 Jun, 2022, 05.07 PM IST
ByteDance would be worse than its barkTikTok gathers an immense amount of data with every interaction by a user. This ranges from knowing who your friends are, what you discuss ...
13 Jun, 2022, 12.29 AM IST
Donald Trump celebrates TikTok deal that falls short of his key demandsTrump said he wanted the U.S. part of the business owned by an American company. But China’s ByteDance Ltd. remains the majority shareholde...
21 Sep, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
Trump says Oracle close to TikTok deal as ByteDance aims for majority ownershipPresident Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had heard Oracle Corp was very close to a deal over ByteDance's TikTok, even as sources said the ...
16 Sep, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
How ByteDance's CEO Yiming Zhang balked at selling TikTok's U.S. businessChina's opposition to a forced sale of TikTok, as well as concerns by major ByteDance backers such as Sequoia and General Atlantic over the...
15 Sep, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
Aspiring TikTok buyers pursue four options in effort to revive talksOther options being considered include asking for Chinese approval to pass TikTok's algorithm on to the acquirer of the short video app's U...
02 Sep, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
Mayer’s exit signals TikTok deal at hand, Bytedance founder says firm ‘moving quickly’ to resolve issuesWhile Mayer’s departure has increased the state of flux, especially among some employees, others said that the letters by Mayer and Yiming ...
28 Aug, 2020, 08.19 AM IST