Elon Musk swooping in to buy TikTok before a US ban is set to bite? It seems like a stretch, but it could also make some sense, Peter Kafka writes.

Elon Musk has indicated that he’s open to resurrecting the defunct video platform, Vine, after a ban shut down TikTok over the weekend to millions of users in the U.S. Musk, who owns social media rival X,

Elon Musk is finally sharing his thoughts on the TikTok ban. On Saturday night, the app briefly went offline in the United States, months after the

Joe' host Joe Scarborough expressed on Thursday's show that he has "always been horrified" by the Chinese-owned app TikTok and said Elon Musk should not be the person to take over American operations for the social platform.

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is required to sell the app to a U.S.-based buyer or face a nationwide ban.

TikTok’s time will expire on Jan. 19 if no buyer is found or the Supreme Court rules in the app’s favor. Here’s what to know.

Musk acquired X (then Twitter) in October 2022 after a highly publicized back and forth, in which he gave up on the acquisition midway but ultimately closed the deal, paying $44 billion for the platform. X's user base has been on a decline since the acquisition, and advertising revenues have plummeted.

Amid the TikTok ban drama, Elon Musk has teased the possibility of bringing back Vine, the app where short-form content creation found a new direction. The owner of X (formerly Twitter) hinted at “looking into” the possibility of reviving the app.

Elon Musk offered Donald Trump supporters what looked like a Nazi salute today ton live TV to cheers from MAGA crowd. As social media exploded with condemnation and some applause for the world's richest man's gesture,

TikTok’s 75-day reprieve in the US spurs competition from X and Bluesky, both launching vertical video feeds. Bluesky introduces a 'Videos' tab, avoid