In an effort to save TikTok, President Donald Trump, who has gained 15 million followers on the app since last year, is pressuring China to sell half the company to the United States.

U.S. officials have long feared that the widely popular short-form video app could be used as a vehicle for espionage.

Via CNN - Sen. Josh Hawley, who has been a harsh critic of TikTok, praised the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the law banning TikTok from US app stores.

TikTok held firm and refused to be sold, Congress blinked, and now everyone is scrambling to avoid a backlash from its younger user base.

The TikTok ban ignites a heated debate over privacy, free speech, and national security. While some view it as a necessary measure, others see it as an infringement on rights. The app is back online temporarily.

Conservative Republicans have been hyperfixated on TikTok content that’s sympathetic with Gaza — and accused the company of algorithmic bias against Israel.

Multiple people on social media, including conservative media personality Candace Owens, have claimed that Israeli lobbying groups have pushed the U.S. to ban TikTok because of the high number of pro-Palestine content being created and shared on the app.

U.S. users of TikTok briefly lost access to the platform Saturday evening ahead of the Jan. 19 deadline. This came after the Supreme Court ruled Friday that Congress’ TikTok ban is constitutional, despite widespread First Amendment concerns.

The human dancing videos and the cat dancing videos on TikTok have nothing on the dancing by politicians who voted for the law forcing its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to either sell the popular and

Last year, the Biden Administration signed a law that the Chinese company ByteDance, who owns the social media platform TikTok, needs to sell the company in a few weeks. Nyaradzo "Naya" Bere, a Colorado TikTok influencer,

TikTok went offline in the United States Saturday night, less than two hours before a ban was slated to go into effect.

The US Supreme Court will decide tomorrow whether to ban TikTok in the US after hearing closing statements from parent company ByteDance. If the app can’t find a buyer, it will likely shut down