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The EU warned TikTok’s new rewards feature could be addictive. Now the app's suspended it
TikTok announced Wednesday that it had suspended a feature that rewarded users for watching and liking videos on its new Lite app, available in France and Spain, after the EU launched an investigation Monday over child-safety concerns.
April 24, 2024
TikTok faces US ban as bill set to be signed by Biden
The app's owner, ByteDance, has nine months to sell its stake or face being blocked in the US.
April 24, 2024
How soon could US ban TikTok after Congress approved bill?
TikTok is getting closer to being kicked out of the US after the Senate approved a bill that would ban the platform unless its Chinese owner ByteDance sells the company.
April 24, 2024
Congress passes bill that could ban TikTok after years of false starts
Lawmakers sped the proposal, the most significant threat to the popular app’s U.S. operations, by tying it to a sprawling funding package offering aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
April 23, 2024
Congress gets closer to forcing TikTok to be sold or face US ban: What's ne
Chinese officials say they "firmly oppose" the platform being divested.
April 22, 2024
TikTok ban now ‘inevitable’
A bill that will ban TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese owner divests from the company has passed overwhelmingly.
April 20, 2024
Taylor Swift’s music returns to TikTok even as label fights over artist compensation
Universal Music remains at loggerheads with the app, but Swift – whose new album The Tortured Poets Department is out next week – can control where her work is available
April 12, 2024
What Banning TikTok in the U.S. Would Look Like
The U.S. isn’t the first country to attempt a ban on TikTok, the Chinese-owned app used by millions of Americans daily. WSJ breaks down TikTok bans and how they work in practice. Photo illustration: Annie Zhao
April 5, 2024
Steven Mnuchin wants to buy TikTok without the one thing that makes it so valuable: the algorithm
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- Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he wanted to buy TikTok.
- Part of his plan involves scrapping the original algorithm and rebuilding the app.
- That's really hard to do, critics say.
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March 31, 2024
YouTube could be worth $400 billion — that's more than Disney and Comcast combined. We should be paying more attention.
- Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006.
- Now YouTube could be worth as much as $400 billion, per analyst Michael Nathanson.
- YouTube is really big! Yet somehow, it flies under the radar for most people. That's weird.
March 28, 2024
US streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has revealed he has been diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
US streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has revealed he has been diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
March 27, 2024
Trump social media company Truth Social surges in Nasdaq debut
Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company jumped more than 30% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, boosting the value of Trump's large holdings in the company as well as the smaller stakes of fans who purchased shares as a show of support for the former president.
March 26, 2024
Reddit's lost money for nearly 20 years. Turning a profit is going to be tricky.
Reddit is nearly 20 years old and still loses money. Changing that won't be easy.
March 26, 2024
Donald Trump's Truth Social set to begin trading as DJT Tuesday
Former President Donald Trump's Truth Social to go public after merger
March 25, 2024
EU state orders suspension of Telegram
Spain’s top court targeted the service following copyright complaints
March 23, 2024
Trump Media merger wins investor approval, netting Trump potential windfall
Trump will own about 60 percent of the Truth Social owner, which at its current share price would be worth about $3 billion. A lockup agreement will block him from selling the shares for six months.
March 22, 2024