The clock is ticking toward TikTok's end with a possible ban set to go into effect Sunday. Here's where "TikTok refugees" are going.
On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.
TikTok told users the app will be "temporarily unavailable" as its Chinese parent company ByteDance pins its hopes on Donald Trump to save it.
App goes dark with ‘temporarily unavailable’ message but hopes Trump will save it - TikTok posts message saying the incoming president, who will be sworn in on Monday, could help the app get up and ru
Facing the loss of their favorite app, users have flocked to another China-based platform. The resulting cross-cultural exchanges have been revealing. The TikTok ban is expected to come into force on Sunday,
TikTok’s ban marooned over 170 million monthly users who made the wildly addictive short-form video app a central part of their daily lives.
TikTok was removed from app stores on Saturday night as a federal law banning the platform came into effect, leaving users unable to download or even use the app at all.
Livvy Dunne cracked a joke at her own expense as a TikTok ban that could impact her $9.5million fortune came into effect. The app stopped working in the US late on Saturday, shortly before a
Barring a last-minute sale by its Chinese parent company, TikTok could soon go dark in the U.S. Now, creators on the Chinese-owned platform pay tribute to it — and talk about what's next.
TikTok is not the only app that went dark ahead of Sunday's ban. Here are six others removed from the Apple App and Google Play stores.
CapCut, a video editing app owned by ByteDance, has ceased operations in the US due to a federal law banning it. The app, which has over 1 billion downloads, is popular for creating vertical videos but is now unavailable as a result of national security concerns.
NBC News reports that TikTok has boosted advertisements for Lemon8, an application also owned by ByteDance, in recent days. Rival social-media apps and websites such as Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat are expected to increase their user base in the wake of a possible ban.