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TikTok's shutdown came after a monthslong legal battle over a ban-or-divest law passed by Congress last year. TikTok had challenged the law, arguing that it violated the First Amendment rights of ...
TikTok, which claims to have a user base of over 170 million in the US alone, has long triggered national security concerns, including over giving China access to a slew of American data.
With over 16 million followers on TikTok, Lee’s positive food reviews have become known to boost sales and traction for small businesses, so much so that it is now referred to as the “Keith ...
Trump, who is set to return to the White House the day after the ban takes effect, has credited TikTok with helping him win the support of more young voters in last year’s election. A Trump adviser said this week that the incoming administration would “put measures in place to keep TikTok from going dark.” What those measures will look ...
TikTok briefly went dark as the U.S ban took effect this weekend, but not all its devoted users lamented its disappearance from their lives. In a New York Times op-ed, a high schooler who ...
Logo of TikTok. The online video platform TikTok has had worldwide a social, political, and cultural impact since its global launch in September 2016. The platform has rapidly grown its userbase since its launch and surpassed 2 billion downloads in October, 2020. It became the world's most popular website, ahead of Google, for the year 2021. [1]
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.
Skullbreaker challenge – A TikTok challenge that went viral in February 2020 and spread to other sections of the internet. The challenge involves two people convincing another person to jump, and then kick their legs out, causing the person jumping to fall on their head. Several people have been hospitalized after performing this challenge. [18]