Published on: 2025-04-22 13:39:28
Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether it should step in to block or delay the implementation of a law that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. If not blocked, the law will force TikTok to cease operations in the U.S. on January 19, unless its Chinese corporate owner (Bytedance) sells to a buyer not controlled by a foreign adversary. The case hinges entirely on constitutional arguments pertaining to national security and free speech. The Justices will hear no evidence about
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In Meta’s antitrust trial on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified that TikTok’s success was a risk to Meta’s business, saying the short-form video app was a “top priority” and a “highly urgent” competitive threat when it arrived in 2018, according to Bloomberg and other outlets. The reports come from a packed first week of testimony in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s trial against the social networking giant. If the FTC’s lawyers prevail, the trial could potentially require Meta to
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Artie Beaty/ZDNET Less than two months after Facebook added a new community notes feature that lets users add context to posts with missing or wrong information, TikTok is doing the same with something called Footnotes. The company announced the feature in a blog post yesterday. Also: How to become a Meta Community Notes editor "Footnotes will draw on the collective knowledge of the TikTok community by allowing people to add relevant information to content on our platform," the post explains
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is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. TikTok has announced “Footnotes,” its own take on the community notes features that started on Twitter and have been spreading to other social networks. As elsewhere, it’s a crowd-sourced approach to moderation — TikTok says contributors will be able to “add relevant information to content on our platform.” US users can apply to become Footnotes contribut
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TikTok is testing a new “Footnotes” feature that works similarly to Community Notes on X. The social network announced on Wednesday that Footnotes will allow users to add additional context and relevant information to videos to help others better understand certain content, starting in the United States. The company says Footnotes will complement its current suite of measures designed to help people understand the reliability of content, such as content labels and its fact-checking program. In
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As TikTok continues to wait for a deal that will secure its future in the United States, the company is embracing a crowd-sourced approach to fact-checking. The service is adding “Footnotes,” a Community Notes-like feature that will allow contributors to add “more context” to videos on the platform. “Footnotes offers a new opportunity for people to share their expertise and add an additional layer of context to the discussion using a consensus-driven approach,” TikTok’s head of operations and t
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As TikTok continues to build out its search experience, the social network is now surfacing reviews for select places right within the comments tab of a video. The new feature, which appears to be a test, eliminates the need to conduct a new search or open up Google when you come across a place on TikTok and want to learn more about it. TikTok users who have access to this new feature will see a new “Reviews” tab on the right after they click to view the video’s comments. For instance, if you
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Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The fight over the future of TikTok's US operations has been a roller coaster, to say the least. In January, the Supreme Court upheld the decision to ban the app in the US because its Chinese owner, ByteDance, had failed to sell it to a US-based company. However, President Donald Trump granted the company a 75-day extension to find a buyer. Just before that deadline arrived on April 5, Trump granted another 75-day extension -- this time to navigate the fallout of his t
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is platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Hermès handbags, Birkenstocks, Tide Pods, Lululemon activewear, and mountains of luxury furniture — what if I told you you could cut out the middleman and buy it straight from the source for a fraction of the cost? So goes a genre of viral videos cropping up on social media that claim to show Chinese manufacturers producing the products beloved by
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The Trump trade war has gone viral on TikTok, pushing a Chinese e-commerce app, DHgate, to the top of the Apple App Store in the U.S. After Trump increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports by 145%, numerous Chinese suppliers and manufacturers began making TikTok videos explaining to consumers how the global luxury goods market actually works. The clothing, handbags, and other accessories that many people assumed were made in Europe originate from factories in China, these videos explained. As a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 06:45:03
Meta may be working on a dedicated Instagram app for the iPad, nearly 15 years after making a decision not to launch one. The social media giant is reportedly now developing an iPad-friendly version of Instagram, according to The Information. Instagram has long existed solely as a smartphone app, though it is also accessible via its website. The move could mark a shift in Meta's mobile strategy and offer Instagram users a more immersive experience on iPads. The timing also would coincide with M
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is a deputy editor and author of thenewsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade. For a while, it looked like President Donald Trump was going to have Big Tech’s back. Now, the tech industry is collateral damage in his global trade war. On Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen floated the idea of placing “a levy on the advertising revenues of digital services” if tariff negotiations with the US go south. This would be the opposite outcom
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ChatGPT became the world’s most downloaded app in March, excluding games, topping the usual contenders for the No. 1 spot, Instagram and TikTok. This is the first time the app has topped the monthly download charts and ChatGPT’s biggest month ever. According to new data, ChatGPT’s installs jumped 28% from February to March to reach 46 million new downloads during March, app intelligence provider Appfigures recently reported. That put the app slightly ahead of Instagram, which fell to the No. 2
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Other Good Viral TikTok Products We've tested a lot of TikTok products, but they're not all worthy of the top spot. That doesn't mean they aren't worth buying, though. Below, you'll find a list of good TikTok products we like, with some caveats. Photograph: Stanley Stanley The Quencher H2.0 Flowstate 40-Ounce Tumbler for $45: The Stanley Quencher took TikTok by storm over the past few years. And it's easy to see why—it's big, comes in adorable colors, keeps your drinks cold, and fits in cup h
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Meta may be working on a dedicated Instagram app for the iPad, nearly 15 years after making a strategic decision not to launch one. The company is reportedly now developing an iPad-friendly version of the popular social media app, according to The Information. Instagram has long existed solely as a smartphone app, though it is also accessible via its website. The move could mark a shift in Meta's mobile strategy and offer Instagram users a more immersive experience on iPads. The timing also wo
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the company is looking to improve the app’s search functionality, admitting this is an area where Instagram could do more to compete. The remarks, made on a recent episode of the “Build Your Tribe” podcast, come at a time when younger Gen Z users often turn to social apps like TikTok for answers, instead of using traditional search engines. Instagram is in that mix, too, of course, but it knows its position could be stronger. “We’re … starting to invest more in
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In this photo illustration, the logo of TikTok is displayed on a smartphone screen on April 5, 2025 in Shanghai, China. Apple will keep ByteDance-owned TikTok on its App Store for at least 75 more days after receiving assurances from Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to a report from Bloomberg News. This comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to extend the TikTok ban deadline for the second time. TikTok will be banned in the U.S. unless China's ByteDance sells
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-11 09:12:00
In a nutshell: Chinese-owned TikTok faced a US ban on April 5 unless it could divest its American operations to a stateside buyer. The Trump administration was reportedly finalizing a deal involving several investors, but Beijing withdrew in response to new US-imposed tariffs, prompting the White House to extend the deadline. President Trump recently signed an executive order to extend the delay on TikTok's US ban for another few months as negotiations to sell the Chinese-owned social network t
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Who's trying to buy TikTok? 17 hours ago Share Save Lily Jamali BBC tech correspondent, San Francisco Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images President Donald Trump has for a second time extended the deadline that would have required TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the US. A bipartisan law passed by Congress last year mandates TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sell the app. The platform 'went dark' for a day in January in the US after the law took effect, until Tru
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Who‘s trying to buy TikTok? 5 hours ago Share Save Lily Jamali BBC tech correspondent, San Francisco Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images President Donald Trump has for a second time extended the deadline that would have required TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the US. A bipartisan law passed by Congress last year mandates TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sell the app. The platform 'went dark' for a day in January in the US after the law took effect, until Trum
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR TikTok will not be banned in the US as of tomorrow. The White House has once again issued an order granting a 75-day extension on the ban. It remains to be seen what company might be interested in buying the service, with Amazon and Walmart both recently mentioned as contenders. Ostensibly, the United States government wants to ban TikTok. But you would not know this based upon the words and actions of many of the parties involved. For years, fears a
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is a deputy editor and author of thenewsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade. Earlier this week, when it seemed as though TikTok’s fate in the US would actually be decided by April 5th, everyone — from Amazon to the founder of OnlyFans — was coming out of the woodwork to buy it. As it turns out, none of them had a chance. And now, thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariff war, no one may get to buy TikTok. People familiar with the matter tell me that, desp
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Trump extends deadline to keep TikTok running in US The social media platform, which says it has more than 170 million users in the US, must close in the US under a law passed by Congress - unless a buyer is found. Trump's first extension was granted after he took office in January and was set to expire on Saturday. "We do not want TikTok to 'go dark'," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal." The platform is currently owned by Chinese
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TikTok isn't going anywhere — for now — after President Donald Trump on Friday said he would sign another executive order to give the social media app another 75 days to sell itself to an approved buyer. He signed a similar order in January after TikTok went dark for a short period of time in the US. Amazon, Oracle and other companies have reportedly expressed interest in buying the app, but no deal has been reached yet. "We do not want TikTok to 'go dark,'" Trump said in a post on Truth Social
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is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. President Donald Trump’s additional 75 day delay to TikTok’s sale-or-ban deadline leaves service providers like Apple, Google, and Oracle on shaky ground, and, according to one influential Democrat, is straight-up “against the law.” After Trump announced the extension on Friday, 1
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-11 22:20:00
President Donald Trump is giving TikTok more time to sell its US operations, saying that "tremendous progress" has been made toward a deal and pushing off enforcement of a ban that was set to kick in Saturday. In a Friday afternoon Truth Social post, Trump said that despite that progress, the deal still needs more work, so he's signing an executive order giving TikTok 75 more days, taking the deadline out to June 19. The move prevents the wildly popular video app from potentially going dark in
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AppLovin CEO Adam Foroughi provided more clarity on the ad-tech company's late-stage effort to acquire TikTok, calling his offer a "much stronger bid than others" on CNBC's The Exchange Friday afternoon. Foroughi said the company is proposing a merger between AppLovin and the entire global business of TikTok, characterizing the deal as a "partnership" where the Chinese could participate in the upside while AppLovin would run the app. "If you pair our algorithm with the TikTok audience, the exp
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AppLovin CEO Adam Foroughi provided more clarity on the adtech company's late-stage bid to acquire TikTok, calling theirs a "much stronger bid than others" on CNBC's The Exchange Friday afternoon. Foroughi said the company is proposing a merger between AppLovin and the entire global business of TikTok, characterizing the deal as a "partnership" where the Chinese could run the app while leveraging AppLovin's AI-powered advertising model to expand the business and give the company access to the U
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President Donald Trump is giving TikTok more time to sell its US operations, saying that "tremendous progress" has been made toward a deal and pushing off enforcement of a ban that was set to kick in Saturday. in a Friday afternoon post on his Truth Social account, Trump said that despite that progress, the deal still needs more work, so he's signing an executive order giving TikTok 75 more days. The move prevents the wildly popular video app from potentially going dark in less than a day. Tru
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TikTok is going to get more time to figure out a plan to stay in the US. President Donald Trump is signing another executive order effectively extending the deadline for the company to find US buyers by another 75 days. The president signaled he intended to give the deal more time via a Truth Social post. "My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress," Trump wrote. "The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are s
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