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President Donald Trump this week will declare that a deal to divest TikTok's U.S. operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance will meet requirements set out in a 2024 law, a White House official said on Monday,
Congress has effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. based on national security concerns, telling TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest or face a ban in the U.S., but Mr. Trump has paused its enforcement three times. Congress may still need to sign off on any finalized TikTok deal.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she was "100% confident" the deal between the U.S. and China is finalized.
TikTok has agreed to improve its measures to keep children off its website and app after a Canadian investigation found its steps to block children and protect personal information were inadequate, Canadian privacy officials said on Tuesday.
Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta will announce charges, including involuntary manslaughter, on Tuesday in two cases involving TikTok challenges.
TikTok users took large amounts of Tylenol, including some appearing to exceed recommended doses, trying to mock President Donald Trump.
A Sioux Falls woman has reportedly been scammed “a significant amount of money,” Sioux Falls Police Department public information officer Aaron Benson said Sept. 22. During five months’ time, the victim told police she had given more than $200,
President Trump says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a TikTok deal during a phone call last Friday. Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations notes that TikTok has become a bargaining chip in US-China talks,