First launched in the United States in 2018, the app quickly became the most downloaded social and entertainment app in the world. By 2020, when Americans were looking for ways to

While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.

Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded US TikTok upon hearing that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app by Sunday.

TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is on the verge of being banned in the United States. The thing is, the government could go after other ByteDance apps, and there are quite a few of them operating in the U.

A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.

The US Supreme Court has upheld the law mandating China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday, or face an effective ban of the popular video-sharing app in the United States. The ruling underscores growing national security concerns tied to TikTok’s data collection practices and alleged links to the Chinese government,

Facebook went public in mid-2012 ... Chew was CFO of Xiaomi before joining Bytedance. He became chief financial officer of the Chinese smartphone giant, which competes with Apple, in 2015.

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

The tool is slated to be released on March 13, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, announced. TikTok has since restored service in the US.

Arizonans are speaking out, as controversial social media app TikTok returns to the U.S. hours after it shut down its service for American users.

Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok was not available in the United States on Saturday evening, shortly before a ban on the app entered force. Users received a warning message stating TikTok's services were "temporarily unavailable.

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 by Sunday, seemingly throwing in the towel on efforts to keep the popular video-sharing platform going.