The news comes as a law banning TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is set to go into effect on Jan. 19.

The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.

With the prospect of TikTok disappearing in the U.S., creators on the app spent the week posting heartfelt goodbyes to their fans.

Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.

TikTok dominated national headlines, but the most interesting Android news of the week might have been "Hey Google" related

India’s 2020 crackdown helped give rise to Instagram Reels, which has largely replaced it there. But TikTok has proved more resilient elsewhere.

The deadline for ByteDance to sell the app is just days away. A new report suggests that Washington residents are concerned about the ban.

TikTok says it plans to go offline on Sunday, January 19th if the Biden administration doesn’t intervene. The company confirms earlier reporting that it will be “forced to go dark” on the 19th unless the outgoing administration provides a “definitive statement” assuring its “most critical service providers” that they won’t be held liable for breaking the law.

TikTok issued an ultimatum, stating that without clarity from the outgoing Biden administration, it would be forced to "go dark" in the US.

Discover how the TikTok ban affects U.S. users and the potential effect of the incoming Trump Administration on enforcing the ban.