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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]
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.
TikTok, Inc. v. Garland, 604 U.S. ___ (2025), was a United States Supreme Court case brought by ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok on the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) based on the Freedom of Speech Clause of the First Amendment, the Bill of Attainder Clause of Article One, Section Nine, and the Due Process Clause and Takings ...
In December 2022, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed two separate lawsuits against TikTok in the Allen County Superior Court in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [12] The first complaint alleged that the platform exposed inappropriate content to minors, and that TikTok "intentionally falsely reports the frequency of sexual content, nudity, and mature/suggestive themes" on their platform which made ...
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act is a United States federal law that prohibits the use of TikTok on all federal government devices. [1] Originally introduced as a stand-alone bill in 2020, it was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 on December 29, 2022, by President Joe Biden.
A 2023 study of teenagers found that TikTok content influences both short term food decisions, such as trying a new food item or recipe, as well as long term food decisions, like dietary adjustments. [20] TikTok has also led to an increase in custom orders at restaurants, known on the platform as menu hacks.
The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a chart published weekly by Billboard in the United States. It ranks the most popular songs on the social media platform TikTok in the United States based on a combination of total creations, video views and user engagement on the platform.
One of the videos that catapulted her to TikTok stardom included a humorous retelling of a hookup gone wrong in which Eurich pooped — yes, pooped — her pants while at a guy's house. But ...