(200928) -- CULVER, Sept. 28, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 21, 2020 shows a logo of the video-sharing social networking company TikTok's Los Angeles Office in Culver City, Los Angeles County, the United States. A federal judge on Sunday decided to halt the Trump administration's ban on the popular video-sharing app TikTok, just a few hours before the controversial ban is set to take effect. (Xinhua)

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Latest news and updates on TikTok, the globally popular social media platform. The app, which merged with Musical.ly in 2018, lets users create short videos under a minute long complete with visual effects and background music. It has since come under scrutiny in countries like the US and India because it is owned by a Chinese company. Critics have accused the app of posing a national security risk, a claim that TikTok has repeatedly denied. Known as Douyin in China, the app is owned by Beijing-based startup ByteDance, also behind the Chinese news aggregator Jinri Toutiao.

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During Chew Shou Zi’s testimony before US lawmakers about the harms of social media on children, he was pressed repeatedly by Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas.

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Social media firms have been accused of not doing enough to protect young people facing issues ranging from sexual predators to bullying to eating disorders.

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British travel content creator Corrin expressed her dismay over Kuta’s vehicle-choked roads and errant drivers in a TikTok video, ahead of the island’s new tourist tax from February 14.

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The new feature, which TikTok said is in early testing, encourages users to ‘find similar items on TikTok Shop’ based on what it identifies in videos, but items are not always a perfect match.

TikTok influencer Addison Rae and her record producer beau Omer Fedi were recently spotted out and about in LA – so what do we know about the no-longer-red-haired musical talent?

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The water bottle you carry around with you says a lot about you – at least, according to social media. We look into the hype around water bottles in 2024, and the Stanley cup in particular.

ByteDance is looking for talent to join its expanded operations in the US, Canada and Australia to work on apps including TikTok, amid rising competition.

The call to break more digital barriers in China’s internet industry comes days before Tencent’s flagship video game, Honour of Kings, returns to ByteDance-owned Douyin’s live-streaming platform.

Her story was dramatised in Hulu series The Act starring Joey King and Patricia Arquette – now, newly released from prison for murder, she has 9 million TikTok followers

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Alibaba and TikTok played to their strengths at CES, as they catered to a market where it has been increasingly difficult for Chinese companies to operate.

Christopher Schwarzenegger is probably the most low-key child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, rarely making public appearances – but here’s what we do know about him

Sabrina Bahsoon, who is known for her viral dances on the London Tube, is leveraging her celebrity by sponsoring schooling for Palestinian children living as refugees in Malaysia.

More than 1,100 Chinese firms, including tech giants Alibaba and ByteDance, are exhibiting at CES this year, making up a quarter of the total, over twice the number from 2023.

Cheung isn’t afraid to get candid with the 830,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, Sacheu, about her personal life such as her move to Canada or the abuse she faced as a child

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The Asian-American designer’s quirky collection of headbands, handbags and shoes draws on his signature durian-inspired spike designs, which first caught the internet’s attention during the pandemic