The human dancing videos and the cat dancing videos on TikTok have nothing on the dancing by politicians who voted for the law forcing its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to either sell the popular and
U.S. officials have long feared that the widely popular short-form video app could be used as a vehicle for espionage.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says that’s because lawmakers agreed that it is a national security risk for Chinese company ByteDance to own the popular app. “The best way for TikTok to continue to exist is for it to be sold,” Hawley said. So far ...
The United States Supreme Court upheld a law on Friday that will force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or face a ban. However, the future of the platform is still unclear. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) praised the court's decision,
U.S. search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to merge with TikTok U.S., a source familiar with the company's plans ...
Nearly 200 House Republicans and over 30 Senate Republicans voted to ban TikTok last year if it did not sell its U.S. operations.
As of Monday morning, the video-editing tool remained offline for U.S. users after getting swept up in a law that requires its parent company to divest. Nearly a day after TikTok was restored to U ...
The AI search engine startup Perplexity AI has reportedly submitted a bid to merge with TikTok, as other companies and billionaires have rumored to be, or have expressed in, buying ByteDance’s ...
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., drilled into a migrant rights activist in a heated moment during a Senate hearing on the "Remain in Mexico" policy on Thursday for what he said amounted to downplaying the ...
The TikTok ban ignites a heated debate over privacy, free speech, and national security. While some view it as a necessary measure, others see it as an infringement on rights. The app is back online temporarily.
TikTok went offline in the United States Saturday night, less than two hours before a ban was slated to go into effect.
The Supreme Court has upheld a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese parent company does not sell the platform by Sunday.