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TikTok Inc

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    EU takes action against TikTok over online content rules

    Ad transparency investigation is one of several ongoing European cases against social media platform

    A smartphone displaying the TikTok logo, set against a backdrop featuring the EU stars
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    ReviewMusic
    PinkPantheress: Fancy That — figurehead of Gen Z pop knows how to tell a story

    TikTok was the singer’s launchpad but her ethos is less carefree than it seems

  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    TikTok fined €530mn for sending EU user data to China

    Social media group hit by one of the biggest financial penalties ever issued by Ireland’s data protection watchdog

    TikTok app logo
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Trump to extend deadline for TikTok deal in the US

    Executive order would give video app’s Chinese owner another 75 days to find buyer before American ban takes effect

    A montage of a US flag and the TikTok logo on a phone
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Trump floats China tariff relief in exchange for TikTok sale approval

    US president suggests he is open to horse-trading a day after imposing severe import levies on Chinese goods

    A man walks away from the TikTok US headquarters in Culver City, California
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    News in-depthTrump tariffs
    Trump’s trade onslaught imperils chance of China ‘grand bargain’

    ‘Hard decoupling’ between world’s two largest economies could derail negotiations covering TikTok

    A montage image of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in front of US and Chinese flags
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Chris Miller
    AI race gives Washington another reason to be tough on TikTok

    It is pouring US money into China’s artificial intelligence ecosystem

    Jamaal Bowman, then a Democratic representative from New York, leads a pro-TikTok rally at the Capitol in 2023
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Due Diligence
    TikTok’s potential Wall Street owners Premium content

    Plus, private equity groups push to change part of the UK’s proposed carried interest tax and British conglomerate Jardine Matheson begins a new era

    TikTok logo on its office
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    White House close to approving sale of TikTok’s US unit to investors

    Blackstone and Andreessen Horowitz among firms poised to wrest control of social media site from China’s ByteDance

    The TikTok app logo
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners

    Venture capital group could join last-gasp bid by allies of Donald Trump to take control of video app owned by ByteDance

    Marc Andreessen
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    The misinformation discourse is a distraction

    Media fragmentation and the erosion of shared sources of truth are bigger threats

    Montage image of a smartphone held in someone’s hands along with two chart lines
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    US investors in ByteDance explore TikTok deal to appease Trump

    General Atlantic, Susquehanna, KKR and Coatue discuss acquiring more stakes in viral app’s US operations alongside Oracle

    Montage of US President Donald Trump, Oracle and TikTok logos
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Asia-Pacific companies
    Indonesia’s GoTo makes first profit and remains open to Grab merger

    TikTok ecommerce partnership has had ‘huge’ impact on profitability, says CEO

    A Gojek driver wearing a green jacket with the logos of Gojek, Tokopedia and Gopay is seen riding a motorcycle
  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
    #techAsia
    TikTok seeks a deal and China brings a chip ‘shock’ Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    US flag is placed on a TikTok logo
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    TikTok returns to US app stores

    Move follows White House assurances that Apple and Google will not face legal problems for hosting social media app

    A person holds a smartphone displaying the TikTok logo, with a larger TikTok logo visible in the background
  • Saturday, 1 February, 2025
    Travel
    Striding out with the new breed of Gen-Z walking groups

    Driven by social media, sobriety and a search for community, young people are hitting the footpaths

  • Sunday, 26 January, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The TikTok test for Trump’s corporate America

    App’s fate should be determined by rule of law, not the dealings of a president

    The TikTok app page in the Apple App store
  • Thursday, 23 January, 2025
    #techAsia
    Trump 2.0 and tremors in Taiwan Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    Mobile apps TikTok and Xiaohongshu are displayed on a mobile phone screen, with the US flag in the background
  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    ByteDance
    TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12bn on AI chips in 2025

    Chinese company seeks growth from new technology as social media business comes under pressure in US

    A montage of the ByteDance logo and a pair of hands holding a smartphone
  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
    Trump links China tariffs to TikTok deal

    President signs executive order giving popular video app’s owner 75 days to find US buyer

    President Donald Trump signs an executive order on TikTok in the Oval Office
  • Monday, 20 January, 2025
    Elon Musk
    Musk complains about China ban on X as Trump prepares TikTok reprieve

    Tesla chief criticises ‘unbalanced’ tech relationship in rare criticism of Beijing

    Elon Musk celebrates during a rally for US president-elect Donald Trump on Sunday
  • Monday, 20 January, 2025
    TikTok begins restoring US service after Trump vows to delay ban

    Chinese-owned video app thanks incoming president for ‘clarity’ after temporarily going dark over the weekend

    A montage including a log and an announcement that TikTok is not available
  • Sunday, 19 January, 2025
    TikTok goes dark across US

    Short-form video app says it is ‘fortunate’ that Donald Trump has ‘indicated he will work with us on a solution’

  • Saturday, 18 January, 2025
    Trump says he will ‘most likely’ give TikTok extension to avoid ban

    Chinese-owned video app warns it will ‘go dark’ on Sunday without government intervention

    A TikTok logo is displayed at the entrance of the company’s temporary stand ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday
  • Saturday, 18 January, 2025
    TikTok says it will ‘go dark’ without US government action

    Chinese-owned video app warns of blackout for 170mn users after Supreme Court upholds divest-or-ban law

    The TikTok logo on a smartphone
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