Did Meta Buy TikTok? What To Know About Claims of Sale
Claims that TikTok had been sold circulated after the app went dark in response to a U.S. federal ban, then returned a short time later.
US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance signals app shutdown
Disappointment, denial and confusion flooded US TikTok upon hearing that Chinese owner ByteDance planned to shut off the app by Sunday.
U.S. Ban of TikTok Is Set to Deal a Major Blow to ByteDance, Its Chinese Owner
While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.
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When did Facebook make a TikTok account? Rumors that Meta bought TikTok go viral
When did Facebook join TikTok? Rumors that Meta bought TikTok have gone viral across social media – but are they real?
TikTok’s CEO used to work for Mark Zuckerberg as a Facebook intern. Just one decade later, he’s become one of Meta’s fiercest competitors
Shou Zi Chew was an intern at Facebook before he became Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest competitor as CEO of TikTok. Shou Zi Chew may be the CEO of Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest competitor, TikTok, but at the start of his career, he worked for Zuckerberg as an intern at Facebook.
Looming TikTok ban poses financial nightmare for Google, Apple — and other American tech firms with ties to China’s ByteDance
A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.
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US TikTok users scramble, despair as Bytedance waves the 'white flag'
"We all need to delete our Facebook, X and Instagram accounts that same day," one user said. ByteDance was given until Jan. 19 to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok or face a U.S. ban, following ...
Instagram capitalises on US apps ban with a timely, useful clone
With popular applications missing from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in the US thanks to a ban (which looks set to be repealed by President Trump once he is sworn in), Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta has swooped in to scoop up content creators left adrift.
Are you a TikToker in US? Follow these conditions by Meta to earn $5000
Meta, Facebook parent's company, has come up with an interesting offer for TikTokers in the United States. It has has unveiled an enticing offer to attract content creators from rival platforms to Facebook and Instagram.
The battle for TikTok is a fight for control of public opinion, not national security
Facebook and other social media apps pose similar data privacy and national security threats as TikTok. So why has India banned only TikTok and not Meta's platforms?
TikTokers offered $5,000 to join Facebook and Instagram
Meta's attempt to lure creators to its platforms comes as questions remain over the future of its main rival in the US.
Why did Trump bring TikTok back? What to know about the president's ban reversal
TikTok went dark for a few hours in the U.S. before the ban was suddenly reversed Sunday. Here's what to know about President Trump's executive order.