As the Jan. 19 date for a TikTok ban approaches, another name is emerging as a potential buyer: SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who already owns X.
ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism— and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last Friday from TikTok, which claims the ban is a breach of American's First Amendment rights. And after more than a week, the court handed down its decision to uphold law that could ban TikTok in the U.S.
The GIF-like viral video app that gave the world Logan Paul and Shawn Mendes had 200 million users at its peak
TikTok blocked access to American users late Saturday night, just hours before a law banning the popular video-sharing platform was set to go into effect.  “A law banning TikTok has been enacted
Reports about Chinese officials eyeing Musk as the buyer of TikTok’s U.S. operations are “not a total shock” given Musk’s relationship with Trump, says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend Donald Trump's inauguration and be granted a prime seating location.
As a last resort, the platform is preparing for a total shutdown Sunday, the day a U.S. ban is set to go into effect if the Supreme Court doesn’t overrule it.
Buying TikTok would further solidify Musk's position as one of the most powerful men in the U.S. and the world.
CNN is slapped with a $5 Million defamation judgement connected to a 2021 report on the evacuations from Afghanistan during the Taliban’s takeover. Niall Stanage chats with The Hill’s Zach Schonfeld after the Supreme Court upholds the law that would ban the popular social media app TikTok.
TikTok denied a report that China is exploring a sale of the app to Elon Musk to keep TikTok operational in America amid a looming U.S. ban.