TikTok

TikTok’s research reportedly acknowledges negative effects on teens

Court documents suggest that TikTok executives are aware of the app’s potential harm to teenagers, according to reporting by NPR…

TikTok sued over teen addiction, virtual currency

A bipartisan group of more than a dozen state attorneys general is filing lawsuits on Tuesday against social media giant…

Biden hosts first Creator Economy Conference for influencers to talk AI, privacy and more

The White House hosted 100 digital content creators and industry professionals Wednesday to speak with key officials about the “creator…

A new account rekindles allegations that Trump disrespected Black people on ‘The Apprentice’

Gene Folkes had just been jettisoned as a contestant on “The Apprentice” and was commiserating with a crew member at a bar…

Billionaire Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid wins key backer as he looks past app’s prized algorithm

In the race to buy TikTok, billionaire Frank McCourt is pitching investors with a chance to create a new platform…

U.S. court to hear challenges to potential TikTok ban in September

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring…

House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate

The House approved a bill Wednesday that calls for China tech giant ByteDance to divest TikTok or the popular social…

U.S. spy chief ‘cannot rule out’ that China would use TikTok to influence U.S. elections

China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 U.S. elections, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence committee…

U.S. lawmakers push for ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to give China’s ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban, seeking to tackle national…