TikTok, known for its viral trends and large user base, has been effectively banned in the U.S. following a Supreme Court ruling. The app had become a cultural force, influencing industries like ...

U.S. search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to merge with TikTok U.S., a source familiar with the company's plans ...

Several parties have expressed interest in buying the platform, but ByteDance has repeatedly said it does not plan to sell. Experts have also noted the Chinese government is unlikely to approve a ...

The app is set to be yanked from US app stores on January 19, after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold a law on Friday forcing China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of Tiktok or face a ban.

For ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company in China, it also could create a glaring hole in its business. The ban, which was signed into federal law last year and upheld by the Supreme Court on ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded U.S. TikTok on Wednesday upon hearing the news that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app for its 170 million U.S. users ...

With just days left before a Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok owner ByteDance to sell its U.S. assets, or otherwise accept a ban of the app in the country, some 170 million American users have pressing ...

Chinese owner ByteDance has said it plans to shut off the app for its 170 million US users by Sunday. "We will put measures in place to keep TikTok from going dark," said Waltz on Thursday.

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is reportedly planning to shut down the app in the U.S. on Sunday if the federal ban goes into effect. Users are encouraged to download any videos they want to ...

Let’s say ByteDance, the Chinese companies that owns TikTok, simply adhered to that set of rules. On Sunday, new users would be cut off from downloading the app. Those with TikTok already on ...

The US government passed a law last year that forced TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to either sell the wildly popular platform or shut it down. The law takes effect Sunday. According to ...

Or ByteDance sells the U.S. version of the platform to American owners. Although ByteDance has indicated that it has no plans to sell TikTok, billionaires—including Frank McCourt—have been ...