Earlier in the day, she had been on TikTok and stumbled upon videos of people participating in the Google Maps trend, in which users reminisce over photos of their old homes taken from satellite images over the years. She decided it would be the perfect time to look up her old house.

US representatives warn Google and Apple to be ready to remove TikTok from app stores. Republican representatives John Moolenaar and Raja Krishnamoorthi, two leaders of the US Hou

Apple and Google must be ready to remove TikTok from their U.S. app stores on Jan. 19, two U.S. lawmakers said in a letter to the companies’ CEOs Friday.

Frank McCourt, former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, wants to purchase TikTok with a group of partners ahead of the proposed ban.

The chair and top Democrat on a U.S. House of Representatives committee on China told the CEOs of Google-parent Alphabet and Apple on Friday they must be ready to remove TikTok from their U.S. app stores on Jan.

Anna Costley told Newsweek she felt a "wave of nostalgia" when she saw her childhood home with two proud figures standing outside.

House members are telling Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could result in TikTok facing an effective ban in the U.S.

Next month, the Supreme Court will decide whether the federal government's potential ban of TikTok violates the First Amendment. Thanks to lawmaker concern over the Chinese government getting access to American user data,

The planned ban, which Congress passed in April, gave TikTok nine months to sever its ties with ByteDance, its Chinese parent.

Australia has unveiled plans to implement a targeted tax on major digital platforms that don't share revenue with news organizations.

According to experts, TikTok has several pathways for avoiding a ban, most notably intervention from the Supreme Court or the incoming Trump administration declining to enforce it. Other options, like a last-minute sale or Congress deciding to repeal the law, appear less likely.

TikTok has a tough task of convincing the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling that national security risks outweigh free speech infringements.