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Charli D'Amelio was the most-followed TikTok user for over 2 years, before being surpassed by Khaby Lame. The following table lists the accounts that were once the most-followed on TikTok, excluding the official TikTok account. Before Khaby Lame became the most-followed TikTok user on 22 June 2022, Charli D'Amelio was
China weighs its options with TikTok. The latest congressional action marks another twist in a yearslong effort to limit the scale and influence of a social media app that has grown to more than ...
TikTok, known in mainland China and Hong Kong [3] as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn; lit. 'Shaking Sound'), [4] is a short-form video-hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes. [5]
In May 2021, American intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis reported that the "intersex" hashtag had become unavailable on TikTok for the second time. TikTok told The Verge that the tag had been removed by mistake and was subsequently restored in both instances, which led to public speculation about whether the hashtag was censored. [52]
Message displayed to US users via the TikTok website. In May 2023, Montana became the first U.S. state to pass a ban that included personal devices, making it illegal for app stores to allow TikTok to be downloaded within Montana starting on 1 January 2024. [109] However, a federal judge blocked the state ban from taking effect in November 2023 ...
Message displayed to US users on the TikTok app during the shutdown on January 18, 2025. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China.
On 24 April 2024, President of the United States Joe Biden signed a bill [24] that, on 18 January 2025, resulted in TikTok being disabled and removed from app stores in the United States. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] On 20 January 2025, President Donald Trump assumed office and signed an executive order delaying the app's ban for 75 days, pending a possible ...