After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.
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Is TikTok Blocking Anti-Trump Content? What We Know
What does Trump's executive order about TikTok mean for the social platform?
President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that halts the ban on TikTok. But is TikTok actually "saved?"
Trump’s TikTok trap
I guess I have a warm spot for TikTok I didn’t have originally,” Trump said at a press conference on Monday night. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew even got a prime seat at Trump’s inauguration and dined with him in December.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok’s CEO Shou ZI Chew both attended the inauguration, alongside former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the first tech boss to hitch his wagon to Trump.
China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.
As self-described " TikTok refugees" pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign netizens are already running up against the country's extensive censorship apparatus. Newsweek reached out to Xiaohongshu with a request for comment via a general contact email address.
President Donald Trump's flurry of day-one actions included a reprieve for TikTok, the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an order on social media "censorship," a declaration of an energy emergency, and reversal of a Biden order on artificial intelligence.
TikTok's services are restored in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump pledged to sign an executive order to save it. It's been a wild 24 hours to say the least — starting with TikTok preemptively shutting down the app for users from 10:30pm on January 18.
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After nearly three hours of Supreme Court arguments Friday morning, Americans are one step closer to learning whether a TikTok ban will take effect in nine days.
The TikTok ban in the United States is over, one day after the app stoped working for 170 million American users.
As a result, searches and demand for VPNs in the US spiked significantly. The search term "VPN" rose significantly overnight from Saturday, 18 January, into Sunday, 19 January, 2025, but did see a sharp reduction throughout the day on Sunday.
STATEMENT FROM TIKTOK: In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170…
As TikTok users flock to RedNote, there are several considerations, including the privacy of your data. Here’s what you need to know.
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