Social media influencer MrBeast says he'd buy TikTok to keep it from being banned. Elon Musk reportedly is interested in buying the app as well.
The most significant change in prestige beauty's relationship with Amazon came in March when the Estée Lauder Cos. debuted Clinique on the platform.
A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.
The platform is in need of saving in the United States, where approximately 170 million people have TikTok accounts. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that will ban the platform on Jan. 19 unless TikTok’s China-based owner ByteDance divests its U.S. operations.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked Donald Trump for his commitment to "finding a solution" that keeps TikTok available in the U.S. after the ruling.
“A few months ago I returned some stuff to Amazon, they refunded my money, everything was great. Fast forward three months, and all of a sudden, the money is getting taken out of my bank account again. They said that I didn’t send back the actual item that I sent something else back, which wasn’t true,” Azzolini explains.
Chinese merchants on TikTok are taking precautionary measures to prepare for a looming ban of the short-video app in the United States, including switching to competing platforms and focusing on other overseas markets.
ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism — and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds
The company is one of the app’s leading server providers, managing the data centers where billions of 40-second videos are stored.
Chinese products will soon face a 10% tariff coming into the United States in a move that could ramp up conflict between the world’s two largest economies.
TikTok, one of the world’s most popular social media platforms, has found itself at the centre of controversy in the United States, facing potential nationwide bans due to its ownership by the Chinese company ByteDance.
President Trump’s decision to allow TikTok to remain in the U.S., despite national security concerns, has raised questions about his commitment to his “America First” doctrine