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President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. The order is the Trump administration’s latest salvo at China, following a lengthy trade war and targeted actions against...

Facebook’s Instagram is launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram Reels

Facebook-owned Instagram debuted it’s new format, Reels, on Wednesday, giving users the ability to create and discover short-form, edited videos with audio and music.

President Donald Trump’s demand that the U.S. government get a cut of Microsoft buying TikTok is the latest unprecedented scenario in an unprecedented situation

A look at the implications of the possible sale of China-owned TikTok to a U.S company and why the Trump administration is eager to see the sale occur.

Jimmy Fallon addresses President Donald Trump focusing on banning TikTok instead of finding ways to stop the coronavirus pandemic.

Microsoft is confirming that it is in talks with Chinese company ByteDance to acquire the U.S. arm of its popular video app TikTok and has discussed with President Donald Trump his concerns about security and censorship.

Microsoft is in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns

President Donald Trump says he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns

Sarah Hester Ross has spent her career as a singer and entertainer. She stumbled into TikTok fame when she started putting ridiculous Florida news stories to music.

No longer just a disposable form of entertainment, some are now turning to TikTok to speak on issues affecting the Black community.

A 16-year-old rising high school senior, Alexis Loveraz, has turned to TikTok to provide one-minute math lessons for students who need help with the subject.

TikTok, home to viral dance videos and growing controversy, has seen an explosive growth in popularity despite security and user privacy concerns. U.S. officials and businesses are expressing privacy and security concerns about the Chinese-owned app, with a number of companies asking employees to remove it from their phones.

Kayla Christine Long, 17, did not give particular thought to posting a video to TikTok on New Year’s Eve saying that all she had consumed that day was a jug of ice water. She hashtagged it “#whatieatinaday.”

TikTok mom Jessica Woo has gained over 2.5 million followers on the site by posting videos of creative, healthy meals designed for parents. Watch her cook a delicious heart-shaped barbeque chicken pizza and chicken teriyaki stir fry dish.

Wells Fargo is directing employees to delete TikTok from their work phones amid growing concerns over security and privacy from the short-form Chinese-owned video app, NBC News reports. “We have identified a small number of Wells Fargo employees with corporate-owned devices who had installed the TikTok application on their device,” Wells Fargo said in a statement to NBC News on Saturday....

Amazon says it mistakenly sent an email to employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones

TikTok says it will stop operations in Hong Kong after the city enacted a sweeping national security law last week

Siya Kakkar, a prominent personality on the platform, has died, according to multiple reports. The social media figure from India was reportedly 16 years old.

On Sunday, following a lower-than-expected turnout at Trump’s Tulsa rally, TikTok teens, young adults and K-pop stans (fans of Korean hip-hop and pop music) celebrated their efforts to troll the president. Half a dozen young people told NBC News they felt satisfied after seeing the modest crowd size.