TikTok has gone offline in the US, hours before a new law banning the platform was due to come into effect. A message appearing on the app for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning “you can’t use TikTok for now”. “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he…
Donald Trump has said he will “most likely” will give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a ban that is due to take effect on Sunday, on the eve of his swearing-in as the 47th US president. Trump told NBC News an announcement on the matter would probably come on Monday once he takes office. It…
The Supreme Court did not give TikTok a last minute stay of execution. If the popular social media site is going to continue to operate in the US, it will have to be politicians or businessmen, not judges, who save it. And the politicians – pressed to balance national concerns about China with TikTok’s massive…
Lemon8, a photo-sharing app by Bytedance, and RedNote, a Shanghai-based content-sharing platform, have seen a surge in popularity in the U.S. as “TikTok refugees” migrate to alternative platforms ahead of a potential ban. Now a law that could see TikTok shut down in the U.S. threatens to ensnare these Chinese social media apps, and others…
Chinese social media app RedNote has skyrocketed to the top of Apple’s app store, underscoring concerns that TikTok will soon be effectively banned in the U.S. RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, as it’s known in China, is the No. 1 free app on the Apple app store as of Monday, followed by TikTok’s photo-sharing Lemon8 app and…
TikTok isn’t the only party asking the Supreme Court to overturn the federal law that could see the app sold or banned later this month. A group of eight TikTok creators also sued the government over the law, saying it violated their First Amendment rights. The creators have argued that they have not found the…
The daughter of late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos has been banned from drinking on planes and in airports after she and her husband got into a drunken brawl with another passenger on board a Jetstar flight. Analisa Josefa Corr and James Alexander Corr caused a “disturbance” with their “disorderly behaviour” while intoxicated on a flight…
Pictured here is the Grand Indonesia shopping mall in Jakarta on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Huawei spinoff Honor announced Tuesday it plans to launch smartphone sales in Indonesia by the end of March, becoming the latest Chinese company to enter a market that has banned Apple’s iPhone…
US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to delay an upcoming TikTok ban while he works on a “political resolution”. His lawyer filed a legal brief on Friday with the court that says Trump “opposes banning TikTok” and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he…
Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been detained by police in Amsterdam after defying a ban on public protests in the Dutch capital. Hundreds gathered in Dam Square on Sunday, calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza and expressing dissent towards the ban. Demonstrations were temporarily banned by the mayor after Israeli football fans…
