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.
Late on Saturday, the app stopped working for its millions of US users, disappearing from Apple and Google app stores. The ByteDance owned app was slated for a complete shutdown in the USA, following federal ban.
With TikTok facing a potential US ban due to its ties with ByteDance, Perplexity AI has proposed a merger involving TikTok US, ByteDance, and New Capital Partners. The proposal, reported by CNBC, aims to preserve ByteDance's existing investor stakes while circumventing regulatory threats.
Unless its owner agrees to sell, TikTok will be banned in the U.S. on Jan. 19. Here's how to download your account if no one buys the app.
Inside TikTok, an email to employees said that “President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office” on the 20th, an
Marvel Snap” is a casualty of the U.S.’s move to ban TikTok over fears about its Chinese parent company. It’s not just TikTok that winked offline for U.S. users Saturday, just hours before the Jan. 19 deadline in the U.
ByteDance's CapCut halts operations in the U.S. following the TikTok ban, impacting millions of users nationwide.
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:U.S. search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to merge with TikTok U.S., a source familiar with the company's plans told Reuters.
TikTok's app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law that would have banned the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect.
The White House reaffirmed that Chinese social media app, TikTok, should remain available in the US, but under American ownership to address national security concerns.