Social media users are speculating that Meta has bought TikTok, following Donald Trump's announcement that he planned to delay a ban on the app.

Questions loom over TikTok's future after a U.S. ban went into effect Saturday. Do workarounds like VPNs work? Will it come back? What we know so far.

With a possible ban looming for the popular short-form video app, these stocks are set to gain as companies look to capture TikTok users' screen time.

In the "TikTokCringe" subreddit, a video from a RedNote user with red eyes, presumably swollen from tears, suggested that Americans had possibly ruined the app for Chinese Americans who rely on RedNote to stay current on Chinese news and culture.

SAN FRANCISCO — When Ames Doyle began using TikTok in 2022, they were living a drastically different life. Doyle, now 35, had a child with their husband, identified as a woman, dependably voted Democrat and assumed they were neurotypical. Then they started scrolling.

The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.

After briefly ‘going dark’, TikTok has returned to the screens of users in the US. But the situation remains slippery.

The Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by TikTok users, has added language translation features.

But the model is only meant to be used within China’s mainland, a ByteDance spokesperson told TechCrunch. The e-reader’s China-based manufacturer, Onyx International, which sells Boox e-readers in both China and to the U.

TikTok users blamed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for TikTok going dark in the US overnight.

TikTok users, especially those who depend on the platform for income and entertainment, are scrambling to find ways around the ban. For many, TikTok isn’t easily replaceable. On