The Black co-host of the pictured event is calling it "insane" that he was removed from the picture of the event in Washington, D.C. on the eve of Trump's inauguration.

For nearly an hour, the sides went back and forth, with the lawyers for the social media companies arguing that they are shielded from liability by multiple precedents, including a federal law and free speech.

U.S. TikTok users who once saw the app as a haven for free speech say they see signs of censorship after the platform, which is owned by China's ByteDance, was revived by an executive order from President Donald Trump.

On January 17, mourners gathered for a mock funeral in New York City in response to the news that TikTok may be "forced" to shut down on January 19. The event took place in Washington Square Park, where a video recorded by Ava Kramer captured an inflatable doll wearing TikTok-branded clothing lying inside a casket.

Like tens of thousands of content creators who make their living through social media, local creators are in jeopardy of losing their most successful platform if the U.S. government follows through on its ban of the app.

Phones with TikTok already downloaded are being listed for eye-watering sums as the social media platform remains absent from app stores.

A new study shows which states are the most TikTok-obsessed amid uncertainty about the social media platform’s future in the U.S.

"I love TikTok so much that I cannot imagine a life without it. And yet I desperately need a life without it."

Microsoft attempted to make a bid on TikTok during Trump’s first time in the White House when he tried to ban the app.

People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.

Online speculation comes after Vaughn Wright, who was a fellow inmate of Mangione's at SCI Huntington, wrote about him wearing a turtle suit in prison.