Meanwhile, Snap is poised to capitalize, while other popular Chinese apps like RedNote may be newly scrutinized.

It’s been more than four years since Donald Trump first moved to expel TikTok from the US — and now, just days before a second Trump presidency begins, it just might happen. President Joe Biden signed legislation last April that officially began the countdown that would force TikTok’s parent company,

As the fate of widely popular short-form video app TikTok hung in the balance this week, creators, users and social media experts lamented the cultural and economic losses U.S. users could experience if the app is banned this weekend.

"I appreciate everyone reaching out to me to try to come up with a TikTok alternative in case it closes," Cuban posted on TikTok this week. "Here's what I'm open to considering. T

But many TikTok users appear not to be actively following journalists or news media outlets on the site. In fact, fewer than 1% of all the TikTok accounts that Americans follow belong to these types of institutional news sources.

Chinese government officials are reportedly mulling selling TikTok's US operations to Elon Musk to avoid a complete ban in the country.

With the TikTok ban set to hit the US on Sunday, two Presidents and one Congressman are working to extend the deadline.

Elon Musk swooping in to buy TikTok before a US ban is set to bite? It seems like a stretch, but it could also make some sense, Peter Kafka writes.

A bipartisan bill banning TikTok was passed by Congress and signed into law by Biden last year. While Trump previously called for a ban on the app due to its ties to the Chinese government, he has more recently been opposed to the ban and indicated that he will seek to reverse it.

What to know about the contrasting opinions of Kentucky's two Republican U.S. senators on the ban of the China-based app.

President Joe Biden won't enforce the ban on the social media platform TikTok he signed into law last year that goes into effect Sunday.