Catenaa, Monday, January 20, 2025 – TikTok began restoring services Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to extend the timeline for enforcing a law banning the app unless ByteDance divests its US operations.Trump cited the app’s popularity and its role in benefiting small businesses as reasons for his decision, saying, “Frankly, we have no […]
Beijing, Friday, April 26 – TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance last Thursday issued a statement suggesting that it would shut down the app in the United States rather than sell it to an American buyer, the Guardian reported in Friday, April 26. This comes in the wake of US President Biden signing a bill into law […]
Catenaa, Tuesday, January 21, 2025 – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order granting TikTok a 75-day reprieve from a US law requiring its sale or ban, marking a reversal of his stance on the Chinese-owned app. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump hinted at a potential joint venture between the US and ByteDance, […]
WASHINGTON DC, Thursday, March 14, 2024 – The House on Wednesday passed a bill that could lead to a US wide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner, ByteDance Ltd., doesn’t divest its stake in the company. US Lawmakers cited national security concerns as the reason for the legislation. The bill […]
Catenaa, Saturday,January 18, 2025 –The US Supreme Court has upheld a law banning TikTok unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells its US stake by tomorrow January 19, 2025. The unanimous ruling dismissed TikTok’s argument that the ban infringes on First Amendment rights, citing national security concerns tied to the app’s data practices and links […]
Catenaa, Friday, April 04, 2025-OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely’s startup Zoop, Amazon and the HBAR Foundation have submitted a bid to acquire TikTok from ByteDance, Reuters reported Wednesday. The bid was sent to the White House and President Donald Trump, according to Zoop co-CEO RJ Phillips. He said the move aims to reshape digital ownership, benefiting […]