The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

TikTok, the short-form video app known for dance challenges, viral trends and an algorithm said to know users better than they knew themselves, died in the U.S. Sunday. First launched in the United States in 2018, the app quickly became the most downloaded ...

Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ensure TikTok stays online in the US — and suggested there may be

Trump’s new-found love for TikTok, born out of his popularity on the Chinese app, has opened a path for a new deal with ByteDance despite legal hurdles.

TikTok is no longer available in the United States —at least for now. But it’s not the only ByteDance-owned app that’s currently blocked for US-based users.

TikTok may be back online, but the app’s future in the United States is still far from certain. President Donald Trump’s executive order delaying enforcement of the ban was only a temporary reprieve for the company.

Words by Ambar Ramirez In the weeks leading up to the TikTok ban, there were faint glimmers of hope that it might be delayed. But alas, influencers who had risen to fame on the endlessly addictive platform began bidding their followers goodbye;

TikTok followers and influencers have whiplash. The popular social media app teetered on the verge of extinction after a Supreme Court ruling banned it. That sent millions of… Read More

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as YouTuber MrBeast, is part of a group of investors that is reportedly trying to buy TikTok with a bid of over $20 billion. Bloomberg reported that Donaldson has partnered with Jesse Tinsley,

There's no telling yet if Trump's plan can set up a better version of Project Texas or convince China to sign off on a TikTok sale. Analysts have suggested that China may agree to a TikTok sale if Trump backs down on tariff threats.

Despite President Trump's executive order to delay the TikTok ban, it hasn't reappeared on app stores. Here's why companies are hesitating.

President Donald Trump is on the right track regarding TikTok. The app should remain available in America. Unfortunately, that is not as simple as pausing