Trump announces deal with China to allow TikTok to continue operating in US US president says a ‘group of very big companies’ wants to buy the popular video-sharing platform. Al Jazeera · Sep 17, 2025
Trump led the charge to ban TikTok. Now he says he’ll save it Trump has pledged to ‘save’ popular Chinese-owned app despite signing an order to ban it during his first term. Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2024
Appeals court to hear TikTok challenge to law requiring app sale - Roll Call A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments Monday in TikTok’s challenge to a law requiring a sale or ban of the app in the U.S. Roll Call · Sep 12, 2024
Musk Sues OpenAI Over 'Betrayal' Of Mission Elon Musk has launched a legal case against OpenAI, the AI firm he helped to set up in 2015, accusing its leaders of a "betrayal" of its founding mission. International Business Times · Mar 1, 2024
How a little-known agency holds power over TikTok's future Under pressure from the U.S. government, TikTok is now facing the music with the possibility of a nationwide ban if it defies a government order to sell to an American company — unless the popular social media app can convince a high-powered panel that its data security restructuring plan sufficiently… The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023
TikTok: how the west has turned on gen Z’s favourite app US and European fears about China exploiting TikTok’s data harvest and promoting Beijing’s worldview look set to inspire an urgent overhaul in data privacy laws The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023
Why the proposed TikTok ban is more about politics than privacy, according to experts Digital privacy experts are skeptical of proposed TikTok bans, saying they are more about geopolitical tension than the social media app. WEKU · Dec 22, 2022