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TikTok got an apparent reprieve from being forced to shut down, but Americans on Monday were still using and downloading Xiaohongshu, the Chinese social media app that surged in popularity last week in anticipation of TikTok’s closure. TikTok, owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance, went dark in the United States ahead of a federal…
Last June, at Ralph Lauren’s seasonal presentation in Milan, the crowd was younger, more looksmaxxed, more TikToky than usual. Then the house that Ralph built, at over 55 years in business, appeared to be leaning into an unforeseen popularity on TikTok, Gen Z’s app of choice. In recent years, users have held Ralph Lauren up…
The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to protest the looming U.S. government ban on TikTok. Calling themselves “TikTok refugees,” these users paid the “cat tax” to join RedNote by posting cat photos and videos. They answered so many questions…
A man was arrested in connection with a fire set early on Sunday in response to “recent talks” of banning the popular video app TikTok, the authorities said. The fire was at a strip mall that includes a district office of a Wisconsin congressman who has been critical of the app. The man, 19, who…
TikTok flickered back to life in the United States on Sunday after President-elect Donald J. Trump said that he would issue an executive order to stall a federal ban of the app. The abrupt shift came after just hours after major app stores removed the popular social media site and it stopped operating for U.S….
Hours before a new federal law banning TikTok from the United States was set to take effect, the social media app showed users a pop-up message that said it would be “temporarily unavailable” starting on Sunday. “We regret that a U.S. law banning TikTok will take effect on January 19,” the message said. “We’re working…
Putting aside that argument, there are certainly some diplomatic opportunities Mr. Trump can seize, though history and ominous recent warnings suggest that he may soften up his adversaries and his allies with threats of military action if he doesn’t get what he wants. (See: Iran, Greenland, Panama.) Here is a scorecard to keep handy in…
Chinese tech companies long looked to the United States as a key market and source of investment. Firms like ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, courted major American investment firms like General Atlantic and Susquehanna Capital. Chinese start-ups in Shanghai and Shenzhen saw an initial public offering on the Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange as…
But I’ve never once added a friend on TikTok, sent a direct message or thought of myself as a “TikToker.” And I don’t think I’m alone. For most people I know, TikTok isn’t a place to connect with other people. It’s a place to waste time, to numb out, to unplug from reality and float…
TikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 million American users on Sunday because of a ban in the United States over fears that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to national security. The company said in a statement that “unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January…
