TikTok is drawing scrutiny, particularly its role in news production, political messaging and social movements. TikTok has its unique format, algorithmic curation and entertainment-driven design.

Less than three weeks before the presidential election, TikTok is still struggling to consistently enforce its long-standing ban on political advertising, a new report finds.

In January, TikTok took itself offline for about 14 hours — and app stores removed access to the platform in the United States — after the law’s initial sale-or-ban deadline passed with no deal.

Trump in announcing the extended deadline for a TikTok sale brought up the tariffs and said his administration would continue working with China on a deal.

“I’d like to see TikTok remain alive.” Here’s what we know about what TikTok’s future could look like as the sale-or-ban deadline fast approaches. How did we get here?

People on TikTok tend to follow accounts that align with their own political beliefs, meaning the platform is creating political echo chambers among its users. These findings, from a study my ...

After lawyers for TikTok defended the app to the Supreme Court and received a skeptical reception, it seems that there are only a few pathways left for the app.

That’s despite the platform’s ban on all political ads in place since 2019. The ads never appeared on TikTok because Global Witness pulled them before they went online.

TikTok faces a U.S. ban over security concerns, but Trump confirms productive talks on a potential sale.

Donald Trump said on Air Force One he thinks a deal to sell TikTok from ByteDance will come to fruition before the April 5 deadline. What to know.

First, TikTok scoops up data on its 170 million monthly users in the U.S., which could potentially be used to track federal employees or to conduct blackmail or corporate espionage.

President Trump has managed to turn a controversial TikTok ban into a political advantage, framing himself as the savior of the popular video-sharing platform by offering the app a 75-day reprieve ...