Few surprises emerged in the Supreme Court arguments over the Protecting Americans Act, which demands that ByteDance, the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated owner of TikTok, either divest from the social media platform or face a ban.

TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is on the verge of being banned in the United States. The thing is, the government could go after other ByteDance apps, and there are quite a few of them operating in the U.

While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.

The US Supreme Court has upheld the law mandating China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday, or face an effective ban of the popular video-sharing app in the United States. The ruling underscores growing national security concerns tied to TikTok’s data collection practices and alleged links to the Chinese government,

Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded US TikTok upon hearing that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app by Sunday.

U.S. TikTok users were engulfed in disappointment, denial, and uncertainty on Wednesday after learning that Chinese owner ByteDance intended to shut down the app for its 170 million U.S. users by Sunday.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Jan. 19 unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, ByteDance.

"We all need to delete our Facebook, X and Instagram accounts that same day," one user said. ByteDance was given until Jan. 19 to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok or face a U.S. ban, following ...

With TikTok's days in the U.S. likely numbered, many American users are moving to another Chinese social media app: RedNote, a heavily censored platform similar to Instagram. Here's what to know.

The looming TikTok ban presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google – as well as other Big Tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon that count its Chinese parent company ByteDance as a business partner.

With just days left before a Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok owner ByteDance to sell its U.S. assets, or otherwise accept a ban of the app in the country, some 170 million American users have pressing questions about what’s about to happen to the mega-popular video platform.

The threat of the TikTok ban stems from a law signed last year by President Biden that seeks to ban the popular platform in the U.S. on Jan. 19 if ByteDance does not perform a divestment.