American politicians are being inundated with calls from TikTok users unhappy at plans to force its parent company to sell the social media app. A bill that would mandate the sale within six months or see TikTok facing a ban…
Congo cobalt: TikTokers quit vaping over mining concerns
Dozens of young adults on TikTok are vowing to throw out their e-cigarettes and quit vaping – but not for health reasons. “In my effort to help [the Democratic Republic of] Congo, I’m quitting vaping,” Micah Ndango, who has been…
TikTok sues US state of Montana over law banning its use
The video-sharing app, Tiktok, has sued the state of Montana over a new law that prohibits the use of the service in the state. Montana became the first state in the US to ban the app after the bill was…
Sofia Coppola’s daughter goes viral with TikTok clip
Sofia Coppola’s daughter has inadvertently gone viral after posting a clip on TikTok. Romy Coppola Mars, who is the daughter of the Oscar-winning director and Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars, posted a since-deleted TikTok saying she had been grounded for trying…
TikTok’s US future at stake as boss faces Congress showdown
On Thursday, TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, will be opening a lion’s mouth and placing his own head into it. He’s giving testimony in the US Congress for the first time, a scary thing to do. And at stake is…
UK to ban TikTok from government phones
The United Kingdom said Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move to follow other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to…