TikTok: Who might buy it in the US?

Agence France Presse 01/29/2025

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — As the clock ticks down on TikTok’s 75-day reprieve from divesting from its Chinese owners or being banned in the United States, several contenders are in the running. Here’s a look at…

Comelec, Tiktok vow to bolster campaign to end disinformation

Dianne Sampang 01/28/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and social media platform Tiktok on Tuesday vowed to bolster campaign to end disinformation for the upcoming May polls. During the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between…

Trump on Tiktok says he would be open to Musk buying it

Agence France Presse 01/22/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would be open to tech billionaire Elon Musk — the owner of social media platform X — buying Chinese-owned app TikTok. “I would be if he…

Trump gives TikTok 75-day grace period from US ban

Agence France Presse 01/21/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok, marking one of his first acts in office. The executive order delayed implementation of…

Trump on Tiktok: I will issue executive order Monday to get it back up

Associated Press 01/20/2025

  President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a…

‘Tiktok refugees’ flock to Xiaohongshu, Chinese app taking US by storm

Associated Press 01/19/2025

WASHINGTON — As the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, also called RedNote – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. Some…

Coco Gauff writes ‘RIP TikTok USA’ on a TV camera at the Australian Open

Associated Press 01/19/2025

MELBOURNE, Australia — American tennis star Coco Gauff mourned the loss of TikTok’s app back home, writing on a TV camera lens “RIP TikTok USA” and drawing a broken heart right after winning a match at the…

TikTok notifies US users of shutdown as Trump seeks last-ditch solution

Agence France Presse 01/19/2025

WASHINGTON, United States —TikTok warned users in the United States late Saturday that the app would soon become “temporarily unavailable” as a law banning it in the country was set to take effect — though President-elect Donald…

Trump considers giving TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid US ban

Associated Press 01/19/2025

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he “most likely” would give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban. Trump said in an NBC…

US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok

Agence France Presse 01/18/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. In a major defeat…

What is RedNote, the Chinese app taking the US by storm?

Agence France Presse 01/16/2025

In the days leading up to a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu or popularly referred to as RedNote. The United States passed a…

One billion users, but controversies mount up for TikTok

Agence France Presse 12/23/2024

Paris, France — TikTok’s breakneck rise from niche video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to China. In Washington, the platform has been accused of espionage. The European Union…

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