TikTok's fame and reach have sparked fear from U.S. officials on national security risks — here is the summary of events that have occurred so far.

Last year, when the app came under scrutiny, Wall Street Journal reported that Kotick had “expressed interest” to ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming to buy the social media site. Reportedly, he has ...

Microsoft, which declined to comment on the president’s remarks, had discussed buying TikTok in 2020, when Trump tried to ...

YouTube star MrBeast, whose real name is James "Jimmy" Donaldson, earlier this week shared an X post saying, "Okay fine, I'll buy Tik Tok so ... ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming about acquiring ...

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In November 2024, Mediacorp actor Zhang Yaodong, 46, announced on his Instagram page that he had travelled overseas with his two daughters for the first time. However, on Jan. 18, 2025 ...

While ByteDance has said they do not plan to sell their TikTok US operations, this has not stopped potential buyers from lining up to bid.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on TikTok in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan ...

Zhang Yiming, the founder and CEO of ByteDance, incorporated a similar AI-platform into TikTok, which is able to identify a user’s interests and feed them more relevant videos. While many Chinese apps ...

This shift has ignited the “Commonwealth Tok” movement, where users and creators band together to promote local content and diversify their feeds. Justin Carter (pictured above), a novice TikTok ...

President Donald Trump ordered the federal government on Monday not to enforce the law banning TikTok nationwide for 75 days, giving China-based owner ByteDance more time to sell a stake in the ...