TikTok Ads Portray App as Force for Good as US Ban Looms
In an emotional advertisement running on Facebook and Instagram over the past month, a young woman, Katie, talks about being diagnosed with an illness that resulted in kidney failure at…
TikTok Ban Takes Effect and App Goes Dark in the U.S.
“Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now,” the message read. Hours before a federal law banning TikTok from the United States took effect on Sunday, the Chinese-owned social media app went…
How TikTok Evaded a Ban Again and Again, Until Now
In mid-2023, TikTok had just eluded an effort in Congress to ban the video app, the latest Houdini-like escape for the young tech company. For several years, during both Republican…