As major platforms face mounting scrutiny over content moderation and user privacy, a developer's vision for ethical social media draws support

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has also taken steps to purchase TikTok. Shortly after Congress passed the ban, Mnuchin told CNBC he had started creating an investor group that would purchase the popular social media company. He offered no details ...

Though the TikTok Ban lasted less than 24 hours, content creators and influencers have been pushed to consider other social media platforms outside of TikTok.

Other prominent social media apps in the U.S. have tried adding video features similar to those on TikTok, but none have yet to achieve its popularity. TikTok faces a potential ba

Show” star Grace Kuhlenschmidt takes to the streets of New York to ask Gen Z if they are outraged by billionaire social media apps

President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment. TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for a comment outside regular business hours.

Devotees of the Chinese-run social-media platform wasted no time celebrating the ban reprieve orchestrated by President-elect Donald Trump just hours after the platform went dark.

With a shutdown looming, some social media platforms have turned the charm up to woo a potential influx of new users.

Chrissy Teigen has proposed the government implement a 12-hour social media shutdown after 6 p.m. to prevent it from consuming peoples’ lives. The 39-year-old model shared her idea in a series of Instagram Stories posted on Saturday (January 18), the same day TikTok briefly went dark in the U.S.

The social media platform stopped working late Saturday night, and the sudden shock of losing it might affect some more than they expect. Here’s everything to know about the potential TikTok ban and how going cold turkey on social media can affect you: It’s true.

With TikTok banned over the weekend, LPGA star Chalrey Hull took to Instagram to suggest that all social media should be banned. Here's why.

WASHINGTON -- As the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, also called RedNote – making it the top downloaded app in ...