TikTok may be facing a potential nationwide ban in the U.S. but it appears that its Chinese parent company ByteDance has a contingency plan as its Instagram rival photo app Lemon8 soared into the Top 10 in the App Store's charts this week. [Read More]
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The Canadian government ordered the shutdown of TikTok's business in the country, citing national security risks.
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Internal documents have revealed that TikTok knows its algorithm is harmful to kids and that the average user becomes "addicted" to the app in 35 minutes. [Read More]
Multiple U.S. states have sued TikTok over claims that the video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental health. [Read More]
TikTok fought against its threatened U.S. ban in a federal court on Monday -- in a hearing that was described as "the most important two hours" in the video app's history. [Read More]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused TikTok of secretly collecting American users’ views on abortion, gun control, and religion. [Read More]
TikTok officially sued the United States government on Tuesday in an effort to block a new law that requires the app to be sold or face a ban in the country. [Read More]
The House of Representatives, led by a Republican majority, passed legislation on Saturday that will ban the popular social media app TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owner does not sell its stake in the next year. [Read More]