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TikTok asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a bipartisan-backed law that would ban the social media app in the United States if the company’s Chinese-based owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell the platform to an American owner.

House members are telling Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could result in TikTok facing an effective ban in the U.S.

In a viral TikTok video, “Captain Steve” explains the three dings he uses onboard to communicate to flight attendants.

TikTok says the economic harm from a law signed by President Joe Biden would grow if the Supreme Court does not overturn it.

Since its launch, TikTok has become one of the world’s most popular social media platforms, using recommendation algorithms to connect content creators and influencers with new audiences.

The D.C. Circuit voted to uphold the ban, citing national security threats and the collection of data from TikTok users.

A TikTok influencer has been arrested for a second time after police said she shoplifted hundreds of dollars worth of items from a Florida Target store where she was accused of a similar crime.

A TikTok influencer who allegedly shoplifted about $500 worth of items from Target and posted her haul on the social media app, where she has more than 360,000 followers, has been arrested and charged with petty theft.

Marlena Velez, 22, is alleged to have stolen items from a Target in Cape Coral, Florida, by scanning false bar codes with cheaper prices, police said.

Donald Trump’s election victory may provide a lifeline for TikTok, which faces a potential U.S. ban in January if not divested from parent company ByteDance.

‘No Spend September’ is a social media trend that involves a full month of cutting non-essential purchases. Here’s how you may benefit.

Two academic studies argue that TikTok favors Chinese government views, and a new analysis says TikTok’s parent firm is entangled with government propaganda organs.

The U.S. government and TikTok will go head-to-head in federal court on Monday as oral arguments begin in a consequential legal case that will determine the future of TikTok in the country.

A South Florida social media influencer and her mother are working through the emotional and physical scars left after they were allegedly attacked by the influencer’s former stepfather.

A South Florida social media influencer and her mother are working through the emotional and physical scars left after they were allegedly attacked by the influencer’s former stepfather.

A U.S. appeals court revived on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died attempting a viral challenge she allegedly saw on TikTok that dared people to choke themselves until they lost consciousness.

Eixchel Berroteran, known as Eixchelb to her 4.3 million TikTok followers, was shot at and nearly killed by her former stepfather who’s facing attempted murder and other charges in the incident, police said. NBC6’s Lorena Inclan reports

A South Florida social media influencer with a large following was shot at and nearly killed by her former stepfather who’s facing attempted murder and other charges in the incident, police said.

Luis Damas, accused of trying to kill his former stepdaughter, Miami social media influencer Eixchel Berroteran, appears in bond court in Miami-Dade.

The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency.