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TikTok Inc

  • Sunday, 29 June, 2025
    Trump says he has found group of ‘wealthy people’ to buy TikTok

    US administration has repeatedly delayed deadline for Chinese owner to sell social media platform’s US operations

    A photo shows the Chinese social networking service TikTok’s logo on a smartphone screen (left) with the US and Chinese flags combined behind it
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Tennis recruits TikTok as it chases the next wave of fans

    The sport has had mixed success in its efforts to appeal to Gen Z

    Coco Gauff poses with her trophy and ball boys
  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    Trump plans to delay TikTok ban for a third time

    US president will sign an executive order this week extending deal deadline by 90 days

    The TikTok app logo on an iPhone
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    Tucker Carlson was on White House list of potential TikTok investors

    Vice-president JD Vance pushed for rightwing media star’s inclusion in a deal for video app

    Tucker Carlson
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    ReviewTelevision
    The money-spinning surprises of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

    The hit reality TV show has returned for a second season, with its cast of ‘MomTok’ influencers still pushing boundaries

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    EU takes action against TikTok over online content rules

    Ad transparency investigation is one of several ongoing European cases against social media platform

    A smartphone displaying the TikTok logo, set against a backdrop featuring the EU stars
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    ReviewMusic
    PinkPantheress: Fancy That — figurehead of Gen Z pop knows how to tell a story

    TikTok was the singer’s launchpad but her ethos is less carefree than it seems

  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    TikTok fined €530mn for sending EU user data to China

    Social media group hit by one of the biggest financial penalties ever issued by Ireland’s data protection watchdog

    TikTok app logo
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Trump to extend deadline for TikTok deal in the US

    Executive order would give video app’s Chinese owner another 75 days to find buyer before American ban takes effect

    A montage of a US flag and the TikTok logo on a phone
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Trump floats China tariff relief in exchange for TikTok sale approval

    US president suggests he is open to horse-trading a day after imposing severe import levies on Chinese goods

    A man walks away from the TikTok US headquarters in Culver City, California
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    News in-depthTrump tariffs
    Trump’s trade onslaught imperils chance of China ‘grand bargain’

    ‘Hard decoupling’ between world’s two largest economies could derail negotiations covering TikTok

    A montage image of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in front of US and Chinese flags
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Chris Miller
    AI race gives Washington another reason to be tough on TikTok

    It is pouring US money into China’s artificial intelligence ecosystem

    Jamaal Bowman, then a Democratic representative from New York, leads a pro-TikTok rally at the Capitol in 2023
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Due Diligence
    TikTok’s potential Wall Street owners Premium content

    Plus, private equity groups push to change part of the UK’s proposed carried interest tax and British conglomerate Jardine Matheson begins a new era

    TikTok logo on its office
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    White House close to approving sale of TikTok’s US unit to investors

    Blackstone and Andreessen Horowitz among firms poised to wrest control of social media site from China’s ByteDance

    The TikTok app logo
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners

    Venture capital group could join last-gasp bid by allies of Donald Trump to take control of video app owned by ByteDance

    Marc Andreessen
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    The misinformation discourse is a distraction

    Media fragmentation and the erosion of shared sources of truth are bigger threats

    Montage image of a smartphone held in someone’s hands along with two chart lines
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    US investors in ByteDance explore TikTok deal to appease Trump

    General Atlantic, Susquehanna, KKR and Coatue discuss acquiring more stakes in viral app’s US operations alongside Oracle

    Montage of US President Donald Trump, Oracle and TikTok logos
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Asia-Pacific companies
    Indonesia’s GoTo makes first profit and remains open to Grab merger

    TikTok ecommerce partnership has had ‘huge’ impact on profitability, says CEO

    A Gojek driver wearing a green jacket with the logos of Gojek, Tokopedia and Gopay is seen riding a motorcycle
  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
    #techAsia
    TikTok seeks a deal and China brings a chip ‘shock’ Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    US flag is placed on a TikTok logo
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    TikTok returns to US app stores

    Move follows White House assurances that Apple and Google will not face legal problems for hosting social media app

    A person holds a smartphone displaying the TikTok logo, with a larger TikTok logo visible in the background
  • Saturday, 1 February, 2025
    Travel
    Striding out with the new breed of Gen-Z walking groups

    Driven by social media, sobriety and a search for community, young people are hitting the footpaths

  • Sunday, 26 January, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The TikTok test for Trump’s corporate America

    App’s fate should be determined by rule of law, not the dealings of a president

    The TikTok app page in the Apple App store
  • Thursday, 23 January, 2025
    #techAsia
    Trump 2.0 and tremors in Taiwan Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    Mobile apps TikTok and Xiaohongshu are displayed on a mobile phone screen, with the US flag in the background
  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    ByteDance
    TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12bn on AI chips in 2025

    Chinese company seeks growth from new technology as social media business comes under pressure in US

    A montage of the ByteDance logo and a pair of hands holding a smartphone
  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
    Trump links China tariffs to TikTok deal

    President signs executive order giving popular video app’s owner 75 days to find US buyer

    President Donald Trump signs an executive order on TikTok in the Oval Office
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