In its latest move to prevent the US government from banning its platform from the US completely, TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, filed a lawsuit that challenges the ban.
Maddy Baloy, a kindergarten teacher who shared her journey with terminal cancer on social media, dies at 26. Fiancé Louis Risher confirms her peaceful passing, stating she was "surrounded with love."
US Senators briefed on TikTok express concerns over China's potential espionage and propaganda efforts targeting US users. Access to personal data raises alarms among officials.
In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the House of Representatives have passed the TikTok ban bill that would force Chinese-owned ByteDance to sell the company or be banned from the US.
While politicians on both sides of the aisle are about to vote on whether to force TikTok parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform or face a US ban, influencers are scrambling to Washington.
TikTok now faces the possibility of being ordered to be sold or else be banned from the US, with House Republicans and President Joe Biden seeing eye-to-eye on the issue.
Dr. Katharine Roxanne Grawe, known as "Dr. Roxy," a plastic surgeon accused of causing harm to patients while live streaming certain procedures on TikTok, has been permanently barred from practicing medicine in Ohio.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was in the hot seat as House representatives from both major parties piled onto him as they grilled him on whether the Chinese-owned app can protect American privacy.
A TikTok user detailed her Tinder date experience with Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, who allegedly invited himself inside her apartment and then "kept trying to touch" her.
TikTok has long been accused of being used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans. Now, the United States House of Representatives is moving to ban the app on all U.S. government devices. However, this excludes bans for ones belonging to members of Congress.