The ongoing feud between the U.S. government and TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, began in 2020, when President Donald Trump proposed the first ban on TikTok in the U.S., claiming it threatened national security.
Whether TikTok can be downloaded on a new phone depends on your device, as it’s currently removed from app stores. Details.
Social media users are speculating that Meta has bought TikTok, following Donald Trump's announcement that he planned to delay a ban on the app.
With a possible ban looming for the popular short-form video app, these stocks are set to gain as companies look to capture TikTok users' screen time.
TikTok users are mobilizing to block the Facebook account on the app after rumors circulated that Meta purchased the company. Some TikTokers claimed that doing so reset their For You Page after the feed allegedly changed when the platform came back online in the U.S. following a brief shutdown period.
Phones with TikTok already downloaded are being listed for eye-watering sums as the social media platform remains absent from app stores.
In the "TikTokCringe" subreddit, a video from a RedNote user with red eyes, presumably swollen from tears, suggested that Americans had possibly ruined the app for Chinese Americans who rely on RedNote to stay current on Chinese news and culture.
All these comments from so-called TikTok 'refugees' showed up on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's most recent Instagram post, which was posted shortly after TikTok went dark for American users on Saturday night. The video of a surfing Zuckerberg, which was initially filled with Instagram users lauding his skills, was quickly overrun with angry users.
Reddit communities with millions of subscribers lead charge as social media landscape faces period of unprecedented turbulence
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Ella said she was traveling in Canada when she noticed a man stole her window seat. The woman, however, said she stood her ground and refused to give the other passenger her spot. Still, she was baffled he tried to take it. “Is this a thing that people are doing on planes now?” Ella asked.