After more than 25 days, Apple and Google restored TikTok in the U.S Thrusday evening. Both companies removed the app from the App Store and the Play Store on January 18 in response to a national security law. Other ByteDance apps such as video editor CapCut and social app Lemon8 were also restored on these…
On Tuesday, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order banning the use of DeepSeek, the Chinese-owned artificial intelligence application, on state government-owned devices and state-run networks. The move makes Virginia the third state to take such action against, following Texas and New York. Endeavors to ban DeepSeek from government-owned devices are beginning to mimic…
With TikTok’s fate in the U.S. uncertain — its ban in the country has been paused, but only temporarily, thanks to an executive order from President Donald Trump — the ByteDance-owned company is now encouraging Android device owners to sideload its video app onto their phones and tablets. The company announced in a Friday X…
TikTok is back—for not for everyone NurPhoto via Getty Images More bad news for tens of millions of U.S. TikTok users today, as it’s suddenly better to be an Android user than an iPhone user. But given reports that eBay was listing TikTok enabled iPhones for tens of thousands of dollars, this is a cheaper…
Following worries about data privacy and national security caused by the proliferation of Chinese-owned apps, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday issued an order banning the apps DeepSeek and RedNote from state government-issued devices. The ban that includes artificial intelligence app DeepSeek and social media platform RedNote also extends to other apps affiliated with the…
Topline President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily pausing the federal ban on TikTok, after access to the app was restored before he even took office, but while companies like Oracle have willingly put the app back online, Apple and Google’s app stores still haven’t restored TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps yet—and they…
Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images If you preemptively deleted TikTok under the assumption that it would be banned for longer than 14 hours, sorry you’re experiencing FOMO right now. After President Trump announced he would pass an executive order to save the app on Sunday, TikTok returned, and the vibes are a little off. A bunch…
TikTok ban unleashes new threats NurPhoto via Getty Images This has been a long and noisy day. Countless articles captured TikTok’s self-selection to “go dark” late Saturday evening before being restored mid Sunday afternoon. Between times, we confirmed that VPNs could not beat the ban and that U.S. accounts could not be accessed from anywhere….
“Marvel Snap” was removed from US app stores alongside TikTok this weekend. The Supreme Court upheld a law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok, affecting its other apps too. “Marvel Rivals” is so far unaffected but is also owned by a major Chinese conglomerate. “Marvel Snap,” a popular mobile card game, is now gone from US…
A TikTok user on the Bleacher Report page after the social media app was restored on Jan. 19, 2025. Photo by Robert Pozarycki Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! NYC influencers and social media users welcomed TikTok back into their lives on…