TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin, is a Chinese short-form video hosting service owned by ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from 3 seconds to 10 minutes.
The president-elect unveiled plans for a Day One executive order to save TikTok from a ban, which is immediately raising a host of legal questions.
TikTok has been banned — for now. The popular app went dark for 170 million US users on Saturday, sparking outrage online.
The app posted a notice to users trying to use it around 10:45 p.m. ET
TikTok users flocking to different Chinese app named after Mao's red book
More than 170 million TikTok users are likely to be met with an unexpected statement when they open the app this weekend.
RedNote — an English translation of the app’s Chinese name, Xiaohongshu — popped to No. 1 on the App Store social media charts Monday.
Chinese officials are reportedly discussing Elon Musk potentially acquiring the US operations of TikTok ahead of its controversial ban in the US.
Tech company rejects as ‘pure fiction’ a report that a deal could take place if it fails to avoid an impending ban.