“Cute winter boots.” “Where to find cute winter boots.” “Have you seen my cute winter boots?” In the weeks following Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office, the phrase has dominated many For You pages on TikTok. But the expression isn’t about creators shopping for lace-up or nonslip footwear options …
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President-elect Donald Trump, who once supported banning TikTok and signed an executive order targeting its parent company, is now vowing he will issue an executive order attempting to save the social platform. But there’s a major catch: he wants the app to operate under 50 percent U.S. ownership. Apparently reacting …
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After a black-out that lasted for about 14 hours, TikTok has been restored in the U.S. The app returned after President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday morning, writing, “I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’sprohibitionstake effect, so …
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It’s not exactly clear what will happen to TikTok at 12 a.m. on Jan. 19. According to Reuters, TikTok leadership will comply with the rapidly approaching ban by “going dark.” According to the Biden administration, they’re not going to enforce the law, and the app will continue to be available. …
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Never discount the resolve of the American spirit in the face of adversity — in this case, the determination to learn a little bit of Mandarin Chinese to make navigating the popular TikTok alternative RedNote a little bit easier. Duolingo, the popular language learning app, revealed yesterday (Jan. 15) that …
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With just days left before a Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok owner ByteDance to sell its U.S. assets, or otherwise accept a ban of the app in the country, some 170 million American users have pressing questions about what’s about to happen to the mega-popular video platform. The Supreme Court …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As the looming Jan. 19 deadline draws ever nearer for TikTok to be banned in the United States, it looks like we collectively have to decide which new …
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For content creators, Jan. 19 isn’t just the day before President Donald Trump takes office. It’s the day they could lose TikTok — and the financial freedom it’s brought some of them in the process. The holiday season has been full of Hail Mary attempts from ByteDance, the Chinese parent …
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The D.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a law that would ban TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance sells the popular social media platform. In a Friday ruling, Senior Judge Douglas Ginsburg wrote that “the portions of the [Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications …
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