With the Supreme Court approving the TikTok ban, the U.S. is embracing the type of internet authoritarianism it long opposed.
Social media platform TikTok said it will be "forced to go dark" on Sunday unless the White House gives a "definitive" statement about its future, the company said in an announcement Friday night.
As the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to Xiaohongshu — making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.
ByteDance has until January 19th to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner, or see the app banned in America. As the chances of a ban have grown, following the Supreme Court’s decision on January 17th to uphold a sell-or-ban law passed last year,
Creators are flocking to RedNote, a TikTok alternative, but tech experts caution users to think twice about data privacy, censorship, and potential manipulation on the app.
Millions are turning to RedNote, a Chinese social media app, as its resemblance to TikTok appeals to users. But dig a little deeper, and the reality becomes far more insidious.
After nearly three hours of Supreme Court arguments Friday morning, Americans are one step closer to learning whether a TikTok ban will take effect in nine days.
Regardless of whether or not TikTok gets the axe, the battle against censorship is only just beginning. The tale of the adult entertainer and the video hosting platform TikTok initially developed ...
The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.
"I cannot profess the kind of certainty I would like to have about the arguments and record before us," writes Justice Gorsuch.
The Supreme Court upheld a law that requires TikTok's Chinese owner to sell off the app's U.S. business or face a nationwide ban Sunday.