By David Shepardson and Krystal Hu WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -TikTok plans to shut U.S. operations of its social media app used by 170 million Americans on Sunday, when a federal ban is set to take effect,

President Joe Bidens administration is exploring ways to keep TikTok accessible in the U.S. as a potential ban looms on Sunday, NBC reported. Officials are evaluating measures to delay the apps shutdown,

A behind-the-scenes 11th-hour White House effort is underway to prevent TikTok from going dark on Americans’ phones as early as Sunday, according to a new report. President Joe Biden’s administration is said to be “exploring options” on ways to see through the ban ordered by lawmakers in a way that does not result in the widely popular app

Are you keeping up with the pending TikTok shutdown? News of the ban first came in March 2024, when U.S. President Joe Biden told TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok to a buyer in the United States or face a ban in the United States.

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese social media app RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest against a likely imminent ban on the short video app in the United States.

In reaction to—or protest over—the impending U.S. TikTok ban, which will take effect on Sunday if the app is not sold or if the Supreme Court doesn’t intervene, thousands of people in the country have joined RedNote.