Kevin O’Leary’s $20B TikTok offer is rejected as ByteDance confirms it won’t sell the key technology behind the app’s success.

TikTok plans to cease operations in the United States on Sunday unless President Joe Biden intervenes before he leaves office one day later.

The possibility of the U.S. outlawing TikTok kept influencers and users in anxious limbo during the four-plus years that lawmakers and judges debated the fate of the video-sharing app. Now, the moment its fans dreaded is here,

The supremely popular TikTok could be banned on Jan. 19 under a federal law that forces the video sharing platform to divest itself from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or shut down its U.S.

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok, clearing the way for the widely popular app to shutter in the U.S. as soon as Sunday.

Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter. While, of course, also emerging as a potential national security threat, according to U.S. officials.

A change to China’s export rules could give Beijing sign off on any deal that would force the internet giant ByteDance to give up TikTok.

As the US ban on TikTok approaches, President Trump hints at a possible extension to allow the app to continue operating beyond the deadline.

Many Austin-based influencers make the majority of their income from TikTok. Read about eight who wonder what happens next if the app is banned.

The Supreme Court has upheld the law that will effectively ban TikTok on Sunday,9. The decision marks the end of TikTok’s months-long legal

With a TikTok ban set to go into effect Sunday, influencers and strategists say politicians run the risk of losing a key communication tool and alienating the large number of people active there.