Twitter and TikTok Have Held Merger Talks as Trump Ban Looms (Report)

Janet W. Lee James Hong is everywhere.No, really — at the spry age of 91, he is one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood history, with 672 credits to his name.

Donald Trump following a recent order from the Trump administration to ban the app in the US.Earlier this month, the US president ordered a ban of “transactions” with the owners of TikTok and fellow Chinese app WeChat.TikTok then said they were threatening legal action against the government, and this action has now arrived.In a new statement, TikTok says that Trump’s comments about the app violates TikTok’s right to due process, and that the president offers no reasoning for his claims that the

Dade Hayes editorTikTok, the rapaciously growing social media platform controlled by ByteDance, disclosed the size and surge of its user base for the first time in a lawsuit filed Monday against President Donald Trump.Privately held ByteDance, founded by Chinese internet entrepreneur Zhang Yiming, revealed it has 100 million monthly active users, up from 91.9 million in June and more than double the 39.9 million of last October.

Donald Trump and his administration.It comes after the US President ordered a ban of “transactions” with the owners of TikTok and fellow Chinese app WeChat earlier this month.The order states that the app has 45 days to find a new US-based owner or else Trump will ban the use of the social media platform nationwide.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTikTok has a message for Donald Trump: See you in court.The short-form video app company, currently owned by Chinese internet giant ByteDance, confirmed that it plans to file a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Trump’s Aug.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsTikTok has taken its stance in the cyber clash against Donald Trump with plans to sue the president and his administration.On Saturday, the app, owned by China’s ByteDance, told The Wall Street Journal that it is preparing to issue a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its inability to follow due process.“For nearly a year we have sought to engage in good faith to provide a constructive solution,” a TikTok rep told WSJ.

Rebecca Davis editorU.S. President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order that will effectively ban TikTok, unless the app is sold to a U.S.

Donald Trump issued an executive order regarding TikTok on Thursday, barring transactions with parent company ByteDance if they don't sell the app in 45 days, according to The Hollywood Reporter. With over 100 million users in the U.S., the video-sharing platform has come under fire over user data privacy and security concerns.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIf Donald Trump wanted to shore up America’s national security with his Thursday night executive orders pinpointing two Chinese apps, he has certain not achieved much.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorPopular video-sharing app TikTok said it may turn to the courts after an Executive Order by President Donald Trump last night effectively banned it from the U.S. on Sept.

Donald Trump has ordered a ban of “transactions” with the owners of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat.The orders – which come into force in 45 days – remain vague but could potentially involve the removal of the apps from the Apple and Google app stores.The US President previously threatened a deadline of September 15 to “close down” the app unless Microsoft or “somebody else” purchased it.TikTok, which is wildly popular among young people, is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.

President Donald Trump is moving one step closer to banning the social media app TikTok in the United States and he just declared a national emergency over the app, according to BuzzFeed.

SensorTower.The big four U.S.-based social media apps that are direct competitors to TikTok are Byte, Dubsmash, Triller and Zynn. SensorTower found that these four apps were downloaded 1.5 million times since July 27 when President Trump first made mention of banning TikTok because of its Chinese parent company ByteDance and concerns that ByteDance is misusing user information to compromise U.S.

Rebecca Davis editorNonprofit PEN America on Wednesday issued a moral clarion call to Hollywood to step up its efforts to resist Chinese censorship and increase transparency, singling out the MPA for appearing to defend free speech at home only when financially convenient.The New York-headquartered free speech advocacy group detailed the mechanisms by which China influences decision-making in Hollywood and offered recommendations for how to mitigate pernicious complicity with the world’s most

Late-night stars are making fun of U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent obsession with video-sharing app TikTok.

Donald Trump has threatened to ban social media platform TikTok from U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMicrosoft confirmed that it is in talks to buy TikTok from China’s ByteDance — coming after Donald Trump said he opposed such a deal and has claimed he plans to ban TikTok.Microsoft said that if it consummated a deal for TikTok, it would move all data servers covering U.S.-based users to American shores, in a bid to alleviate U.S.