Though the TikTok Ban lasted less than 24 hours, content creators and influencers have been pushed to consider other social media platforms outside of TikTok.
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President Donald Trump had recently expressed his support in SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle CEO Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok.
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Social media influencer MrBeast says he'd buy TikTok to keep it from being banned. Elon Musk reportedly is interested in buying the app as well.
Other prominent social media apps in the U.S. have tried adding video features similar to those on TikTok, but none have yet to achieve its popularity. TikTok faces a potential ba
As TikTok resumes service following its brief ban, fellow social media giant Meta now faces a user boycott amid significant platform changes.
President Donald Trump's flurry of day-one actions included a reprieve for TikTok, the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an order on social media "censorship," a declaration of an energy emergency, and reversal of a Biden order on artificial intelligence.
Multiple people on social media, including conservative media personality Candace Owens, have claimed that Israeli lobbying groups have pushed the U.S. to ban TikTok because of the high number of pro-Palestine content being created and shared on the app.
Several social media apps have appearing high in app store chart rankings as a potential U.S. ban hangs over the heads of TikTok and its American users.
While it is still not confirmed that the US will ban TikTok, the reality is looming ever-closer. US TikTok users are now considering whether they'll need a TikTok VPN to access the site, or turn elsewhere for their short-form video hits instead. Not ideal but it would certainly set an interesting precedent for other social media sites.
With TikTok banned over the weekend, LPGA star Chalrey Hull took to Instagram to suggest that all social media should be banned. Here's why.