A Detroit man saw TikTok videos of people winning big lottery prizes and thought it would never happen to him. Days later, he ended up winning $500,000.
Young Western social media users are embracing a “very Chinese time” of their lives, and China’s government is keen to use this moment to boost the country’s cultural influence worldwide.
Australia is considering bringing court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube after alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their platforms.
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A man who was fed up with potholes on one road in Dearborn Heights decided to fix them himself, and city officials have certainly noticed.
Ali Chamy, 18, was so fed up with potholes on Cherry Hill Road in Dearborn Heights that he took matters into his own hands. He bought asphalt at Home Depot and patched two holes himself.
Skincare is a booming $200 billion industry, and brands are increasingly targeting kids through TikTok and Instagram influencers.
A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations.
The European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules with features like autoplay and infinite scroll.
It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as TikTok: chicken nuggets lovingly topped with a dab of caviar.
TikTok has agreed to settle in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s attorneys confirmed.
Dozens of Ring camera videos showing graphic content of a woman abusing a 10-month-old baby went viral on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok before many were taken down.
A federal judge has dismissed a criminal case against a popular Los Angeles TikTok streamer who is currently being held in immigration detention.
TikTok has signed a deal to form a new U.S. unit with three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — holding a majority stake.
Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia.
Pakistan has urged major social media platforms to crack down on accounts linked to militant groups.
Authorities have charged a Texas man with making threats online after they say a video showing him threatening to build a bomb and conduct a suicide attack was posted to TikTok and other social media sites.
Authorities in Mali say armed men publicly killed a TikTok influencer who had posted videos in support of the West African nation’s military.
Police investigated a TikTok video threatening a shooting at Howell High School on Monday and discovered the post was "intended as a joke.”
The Trump administration has been signaling that it may have finally reached a deal with China to keep TikTok running in the U.S., with the two countries finalizing the details as soon as Thursday.
Rep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok.
Shares of some big drugmakers rose Friday as Wall Street started sorting out the impact of President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns laid out by the law.
Canadian privacy authorities say TikTok’s efforts to keep children off the platform and prevent the collection and use of their sensitive personal information are “inadequate” but the company is taking steps to address concerns.
Tech giant Oracle will spearhead a new joint venture being cobbled together to take over the U.S. oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s taste-making video platform under the terms of a deal laid out Monday by President Donald Trump’s administration.
An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app's video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations.
President Donald Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16.
Authorities say that social media platforms should not require age verification for all users when a ban on children under 16 having accounts goes into effect in December in Australia.
Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people Monday, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech.
Minnesota has joined a wave of states suing TikTok, claiming the app uses addictive algorithms that harm young people's mental health.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham says she has been fined $500 for a TikTok post criticizing the league’s referees.
Less than a month after extending a deadline to ban TikTok for the third time, President Donald Trump told reporters late Friday night that, “We pretty much have a deal,” on TikTok.
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
The Dutch government is advising parents that children under 15 should not use TikTok and Instagram, citing physical and psychological problems including panic attacks, depression and sleeping problems.
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app.
The school graduation season is the busiest time of year for the Walmart workers who hand-decorate cakes per customers’ orders.
Labubu, the plush toy from China’s Pop Mart is a social media darling, but the toothy little monsters are not an overnight success.
European Union regulators are accusing TikTok of breaching digital safety rules because of because it’s not being transparent enough about ads shown to users of the video sharing app.
A Kenya-based Nigerian content moderator for TikTok, who died in unclear circumstances last month, has been buried in a public cemetery as colleagues eulogized her as “selfless.”.
President Donald Trump says he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days.
President Donald Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok.
Several ice cream shops in the Dearborn area are offering deals on viral Dubai strawberry cups after a man’s video about how much money he spent on purchasing them went viral.
Social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike.
Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he was hopeful a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. will be wrapped up by the early April deadline.
West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez, like all football coaches, wants his players to show up on time, work hard and play their best.
In less than a month, TikTok could have one or a few new owners, be banned again, or simply receive another reprieve to continue operating in the U.S. Questions about the fate of the popular app has continued to linger since a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest or face a ban took effect on Jan. 19.
The Albanian Cabinet has decided to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the video-sharing platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.
The U.K.’s data protection watchdog says that it's investigating how TikTok uses the personal information of teenagers to deliver content recommendations to them when they use the social media platform.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the U.S. to take steps to start developing a government-owned investment fund that he said could be used to profit off of TikTok if he’s successful at finding the company an American buyer.
Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-Italian influencer who ranks as world’s most popular TikTok personality, has been named as a goodwill ambassador by the U.N.'s children’s agency.
President Donald Trump says Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.
Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.
People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman's office because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban with felony arson.
As the future of social media platforms such as TikTok remains unknown, a younger generation of farmers is relying on social media to connect with audiences outside agriculture.
During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed threats to U.S. national security.
TikTok content creators who make a living promoting their businesses and personal brands on the app were afraid that they would have to find new ways to engage consumers and make money as the app’s future in the United States remained uncertain.
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.
TikTok says it’s restoring service to users in the United States just hours after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a federal ban.