What hurdles lie ahead for any US-China TikTok deal?A framework agreement between the U.S. and China aims to shift TikTok's ownership to U.S. control, raising questions about algorithm transf...
16 Sep, 2025, 08.58 AM IST
Democratic senator proposes new safeguards to keep TikTok onlineCongress last year passed legislation to force China's ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19 or face a ban, but President Donald Trump h...
01 Aug, 2025, 12.02 AM IST
TikTok new app coming for U.S users, claim reports. Check launch date, how to downloadTikTok is reportedly developing a new version of its app or users in the US as the deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. as...
08 Jul, 2025, 01.42 AM IST
Trump security adviser doesn't rule out continued Chinese ownership of TikTokTikTok stopped working for its 170 American users on Sunday after a law took effect banning the app's continued operation over concerns tha...
19 Jan, 2025, 08.28 PM IST
Responsibility for TikTok ban implementation falls on "incoming administration": White HouseWhite House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre emphasised that the implementation of TikTok's status will fall to the incoming administrati...
18 Jan, 2025, 07.51 AM IST
From ban to buyout: What next for TikTok in the US?TikTok faces an imminent shutdown in the United States after Congress passed a law last year forcing its Chinese owner ByteDance to either ...
15 Jan, 2025, 05.58 PM IST
TikTok faces tough questions from court over challenge to US lawThe law gives ByteDance until Jan. 19 to sell or divest TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban in the United States. Driven by worries that Chi...
17 Sep, 2024, 09.37 AM IST
More than 50 US lawmakers, 21 states back US DOJ in TikTok lawsuitTwenty-one U.S. states and over 50 lawmakers have supported the Justice Department's push for ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by J...
03 Aug, 2024, 07.41 AM IST
X owner Elon Musk says opposed to US ban of competitor TikTokElon Musk on Friday came out against banning TikTok in the United States, even if it would mean less competition for his social media platf...
20 Apr, 2024, 07.41 AM IST
US lawmakers urge commerce department to put ByteDance on export control listThe lawmakers, led by Republican representative Dan Crenshaw and Democrat Josh Gottheimer, in a letter to commerce secretary Gina Raimondo ...
09 Feb, 2024, 05.18 PM IST
US lawmakers urge Commerce to put TikTok-parent ByteDance on export control listCFIUS demanded TikTok's Chinese owners sell their shares or risk a ban, but no action has been taken. U.S. courts blocked Donald Trump's at...
09 Feb, 2024, 07.43 AM IST
US Congress will not take up TikTok legislation before end of year: senatorSenator Maria Cantwell told Reuters she is still working on legislation and in talks with federal agencies.
07 Dec, 2023, 09.15 PM IST
US Commerce head Gina Raimondo backs legislation to address TikTok threatsGina Raimondo's comments come as concerns at a time when Chinese-owned TikTok have sparked new efforts in the US Congress to boost powers t...
05 Oct, 2023, 06.28 PM IST
TikTok creators, some US Democratic lawmakers oppose ban on appRepresentatives Jamaal Bowman, Mark Pocan and Robert Garcia and TikTok creators called a press conference in Washington for broad-based pri...
23 Mar, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
Push to give Joe Biden powers to ban TikTok moves ahead in CongressThe Bill is titled "Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act" and i...
07 Mar, 2023, 11.26 AM IST
TikTok's Chinese ownership, security concerns spark bans across nationsHere is a list of countries and entities that have implemented a partial or complete ban on TikTok.
28 Feb, 2023, 05.10 PM IST
U.S. House Republicans press TikTok on Chinese data sharing"Some of the information TikTok provided during the staff briefing appears to be untrue or misleading, including that TikTok does not track...
23 Nov, 2022, 06.59 AM IST