TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew was seated on the dais at Trump’s inauguration Monday, signaling a budding alliance with the president. Massie, the Republican who co-sponsored the bill to repeal the ban, posted a photo he’d taken of Chew from the crowd on X. “Tick tock, the TikTok ban is about to end,” Massie wrote.

Justices brushed aside arguments that shutting down the platform prevents 170 million users from expressing themselves and exchanging ideas, writes Roy S. Gutterman of Syracuse University's Newhouse School.

The popular video app went dark in the United States late Saturday and then came back around noon on Sunday, even as a law banning it took effect.

El Reg asked a lawyer to explain WTH is going on Analysis President Trump's executive order stalling the enforcement of the TikTok ban in the United States has created legal uncertainty for companies hosting or distributing the app.

TikTok remained unavailable in Google and Apple app stores on Tuesday as President Trump’s executive order delaying enforcement on Congress’s sale-or-ban bill by 75 days fueled uncertainty about

Donald Trump is now being hailed as TikTok's savior after he tried to ban the app during his White House first term.

Donald Trump has a duty to protect the national security of the United States. TikTok must be a part of that consideration for the 47th president.

Here's a 2025 conundrum for Apple, Google, and Oracle when it comes to TikTok: Do they follow President Trump's orders? Or do they follow the law?

CapCut is a free video-editing platform created, owned and operated by ByteDance. It was launched in the U.S. in 2020. It was the second most downloaded photo and video app in the Apple App Store after Instagram, according to USA Today.

Trump also laid out on Truth Social what he thinks a “qualified divestiture” of TikTok by ByteDance could look like.

While Trump gained praise from users for the reprieve, he faces long-time skeptics in his own Republican Party about what they see as the app’s ongoing national security threat.