TikTok was banned and restored within the same weekend. Find out what other apps owned by ByteDance, are in limbo below.
Several other ByteDance-owned apps went offline along with it, including the popular video editing app CapCut. With the app's fate now in limbo, many content creators have been left scrambling for alternatives while the future of their digital workflows remains up in the air.
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a law mandating the forced sale or ban of TikTok, a decision that places the app’s future in the United States in jeopardy. Signed by President Joe Biden,
The Supreme Court upheld a law that could ban TikTok, requiring its parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app to American owners or shut it down by Sunday.
TikTok disappeared for a portion of the weekend, following a Supreme Court decision that upheld a 2024 federal law requiring the app to cease operations in the US unless it was sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance. TikTok is gradually resuming service in the US, but it has an unclear road ahead.
TikTok officially went dark for users of the popular social media late Saturday night, just a few hours before a ban was set to take effect.
While TikTok and its Chinese-based owner ByteDance has been given a stay of execution by incoming American president Donald Trump, the hugely successful social media app is still facing an uncertain future.
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TikTok resumed US services after Trump's promise to delay a ban, but uncertainties remain over securing a US backer. While Trump pledged an extension, ByteDance and Beijing's response, and compliance with legal requirements,
Despite that, TikTok — which has 170 million monthly American users — appears to be in a state of limbo. President-elect ... Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell its U.S. business.
The updates could mark an effort to attract users to spend more time on the platform amid uncertainty over the future of TikTok.
The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that could force TikTok to shut down in the United States, potentially cutting off the app's 170 million users within days. The Department of Justice noted that enforcing the law "will be a process that plays out over time,