A TikTok ban is back on the table after the House approved a new bill on Saturday addressing the issues that stalled it out in the Senate. The bill would allow the Biden administration to ban TikTok nationwide if it doesn’t divest from its China-based owner, Bytedance, within a year. It’s different from a similar … Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this afternoon that would require TikTok-owner ByteDance to sell the popular social media app or see it banned in the United States. Efforts to ban TikTok go back to the Trump Administration, but the issue has been revived in recent months. The House already passed a similar … Read more
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol after the House passed the foreign aid package rule on Friday, April 19, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images On Saturday, the House passed a series of bills to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, … Read more
Just a week after her music returned to TikTok, Taylor Swift partnered with the social media platform to bring “exclusive in-app experiences to users” in promotion of her new album The Tortured Poets Department. SEE ALSO: Taylor Swift’s brand is mightier than her pen The in-app experiences are par for the course for the billionaire … Read more
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TikTok has launched a new hub to promote Taylor Swift’s new album where you can earn in-app rewards for completing certain tasks, like following Swift’s account on the platform. The update comes just days after Swift’s music returned to TikTok as the app continues to feud with the singer’s record label, Universal Music Group (UMG). … Read more
Giovanna Gonzalez of Chicago demonstrates outside the U.S. Capitol following a press conference by TikTok creators to voice their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” pending crackdown legislation on TikTok in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2024. Craig Hudson | Reuters TikTok more … Read more
The social media world was shocked and saddened to hear the news of Kyle Marisa Roth’s passing on Monday, April 15. Roth’s mother, Jacquie Cohen Roth, announced the news in a LinkedIn post. Article continues below advertisement Roth’s Death Confirmed By Family Online “This is not a platform for personal life shares but so many … Read more
TikTok The next time you scroll past a video of your favorite music artist on TikTok, you might be able to buy a ticket to an upcoming show with the tap of a button. Also: TikTok launches new Creator Rewards Program. Here’s how it works TikTok has announced a partnership with ticketing platform AXS that … Read more
Billie Eilish is definitely having fun at Coachella this year! After premiering a few tracks from her upcoming third studio album at the festival during a party, including one with explicit lyrics about same-sex lusting, the 22-year-old singer-songwriter was spotted kissing Quenlin Blackwell (@QUENBLACKWEL on YouTube, @quenblackwell on TikTok) at the event. Billie was seeing … Read more
The mom who asked TikTok for help finding the man who saved her young son’s life at a recent hockey game now has a happier ending to her story. Asia From Akron took to TikTok late Friday night to tell her story and ask for the public’s help finding the man, and the public came … Read more