First launched in the United States in 2018, the app quickly became the most downloaded social and entertainment app in the world. By 2020, when Americans were looking for ways to

TikTok is no longer available in the United States —at least for now. But it’s not the only ByteDance-owned app that’s currently blocked for US-based users.

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

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

Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok was not available in the United States on Saturday evening, shortly before a ban on the app entered force. Users received a warning message stating TikTok's services were "temporarily unavailable.

A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.

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.

Facebook went public in mid-2012 ... Chew was CFO of Xiaomi before joining Bytedance. He became chief financial officer of the Chinese smartphone giant, which competes with Apple, in 2015.

A large language model (LLM) made by TikTok’s parent company ByteDance was used by an e-reader called Boox, according to screenshots about the AI shared on Reddit. When asked questions about ...

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.

"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 the Supreme Court and Biden administration declining to step in, and Trump not saying exactly what he'll do, TikTok appears poised to shut down on Jan. 19. Here's what we know.