I used to be an avid user of TikTok, but the algorithm serves much less delight and serendipity than it used to

Universal Music ends boycott of TikTok with new licensing deal

Beijing has stated that legislation recently enacted by Washington “gravely infringes” on its sovereignty

TikTok announced Wednesday that it had suspended a feature that rewarded users for watching and liking videos on its new Lite app, available in France and Spain, after the EU launched an investigation Monday over child-safety concerns.

TikTok is getting closer to being kicked out of the US after the Senate approved a bill that would ban the platform unless its Chinese owner ByteDance sells the company.

The US Senate has approved a $95bn (£76bn) foreign aid package that includes military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

Investor’s Susquehanna International Group owns estimated $40bn stake in parent company ByteDance as app faces potential ban

Lawmakers sped the proposal, the most significant threat to the popular app’s U.S. operations, by tying it to a sprawling funding package offering aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

Chinese officials say they "firmly oppose" the platform being divested.

Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains

By tying the renewed crackdown to a bipartisan foreign aid deal, the bill could move quickly through Congress.

A bill that will ban TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese owner divests from the company has passed overwhelmingly.

Universal Music remains at loggerheads with the app, but Swift – whose new album The Tortured Poets Department is out next week – can control where her work is available

The U.S. isn’t the first country to attempt a ban on TikTok, the Chinese-owned app used by millions of Americans daily. WSJ breaks down TikTok bans and how they work in practice. Photo illustration: Annie Zhao

• • • Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he wanted to buy TikTok.
    • Part of his plan involves scrapping the original algorithm and rebuilding the app.
    • That's really hard to do, critics say.

As Congress starts the clock on a ban, the app must consider its options