What it’s like to be one of the fastest-growing creators on...
Grady Stickney gained over 600,000 TikTok followers in four months.Stickney, a college student, told BI he's overwhelmed that his success came as a TikTok ban looms.President Donald Trump gave TikTok a 75-day extension to find a buyer or face a US ban.The TikTok ban has left creators facing uncertainty over the past year. One of…
TikTok is ‘severely damaging’ young people — unlike its Chinese equivalent,...
The Chinese equivalent of TikTok is less harmful to young users than TikTok, Jonathan Haidt said.The author of "The Anxious Generation" spoke to Business Insider at the World Economic Forum in Davos.He compared letting TikTok operate in the US to letting the Soviet Union own US media during the Cold War.The Chinese equivalent of TikTok…
Elon Musk or Larry Ellison could buy TikTok, Trump says
President Donald Trump said he would be open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok.Trump previously floated a joint venture, saying that the US should own half of the app.Trump has signed an executive order that gives TikTok another 75 days to figure out a new game plan.A day after his inauguration, President Donald…
Big Tech’s TikTok choice: Trump? Or the law?
On Sunday, TikTok and some US tech companies ignored a TikTok ban law at the urging of Donald Trump.Trump wasn't president at the time. Once he became president, he signed an order that's supposed to put the law on hold.Does Trump have that power? It's unclear. That's a problem for tech companies.Here's a 2025 conundrum…
Check out the 2-page pitch deck Pinterest is using to woo...
Pinterest is moving to take advantage of the chaos around TikTok in the US.In recent days, it began circulating a pitch deck, touting its Gen-Z audience and brand safety.TikTok is back now for US users and some advertisers have returned, while others are more cautious.TikTok only went "dark" in the US for a few hours…
Trump says the US should be entitled to get half of...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing the TikTok ban on Sunday."TikTok is worthless, worthless, if I don't approve it," Trump said.The president added that TikTok could be worth $1 trillion and floated a possible joint venture.Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump said on Sunday that if he's able to halt the ban on TikTok,…
Some TikTok creators revealed their secrets before the app went dark....
TikTok returned for US users less than 24 hours after it went dark over the weekend.Some creators who thought the app was gone for good used the ban to expose their own secrets.DuoLingo revealed the face of its mascot, while TikToker Charli D'Amelio confessed to an old rumor.Ahead of what looked like a TikTok apocalypse…
Instagram announced a new video-editing app a day after TikTok and...
Instagram announced a new video-editing app called Edits as TikTok and CapCut face US restrictions.Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the tool, which will be released on March 13, on Sunday.Edits will offer video editing tools and analytics, Mosseri said.Instagram announced a new video-editing app called "Edits" on Sunday, a day after rival ByteDance apps TikTok…
X says it’s rolling out a dedicated video tab for US...
Elon Musk's X is introducing a dedicated video tab for users in the US.The new feature comes amid the turmoil surrounding the ban on rival platform TikTok.TikTok briefly ceased its US operations on Saturday night before resuming on Sunday.X, formerly Twitter, debuted a new feature for its US users on Sunday — a tab dedicated…
‘Marvel Snap’ was removed from US app stores due to TikTok...
"Marvel Snap" was removed from US app stores alongside TikTok this weekend.The Supreme Court upheld a law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok, affecting its other apps too."Marvel Rivals" is so far unaffected but is also owned by a major Chinese conglomerate."Marvel Snap," a popular mobile card game, is now gone from US app stores as…
