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TikTok says Montana does not have the authority to weigh in on national security issues and that the law deprives American TikTok users of their free speech rights.

Is the U.S. banning TikTok essentially censorship? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with an attorney whose firm filed a petition on behalf of a TikTok creator seeking to stop the U.S. ban.

A battle is being fought over who owns viral dance moves on Internet video apps. Black and Brown creators on Dubsmash say TikTok creators are profiting off their dance moves.

The venerable agriculture equipment company has launched a campaign to find the next Chief Tractor Officer, whose main job will be to create social media content to reach younger consumers.

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

TikTok parent company ByteDance says the Biden Administration is ordering it to sell the video-sharing app to an American-owned company or face being banned in the United States.

A little-known hub of California history closed during the pandemic. But its in-house printing press expert, Howard Hatch, won millions of visitors for the Sacramento History Museum's TikTok account.

A new law in Texas makes it illegal to have an abortion after six weeks, as well as to help anyone have an abortion. Activists are spamming a website set up to report people for violating the law.

The law is seen an important test case. More than a dozen other states are weighing similar bans of the wildly popular video-streaming app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company.

The training will provide teens and parents with the tools they need to build safer digital boundaries online.

The high court said Wednesday it will review a challenge submitted by TikTok asking for the overturn of a law that could ban the video-sharing app by Jan 19.

ByteDance-owned tutoring app GOGOKID employes about 4,000 American teachers. Trump's crack down on TikTok could mean those instructors will lose their jobs.

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Senator Michael Bennet has joined calls from several other lawmakers to ban TikTok from Apple and Google app stores. NPR's Michel Martin asks him what makes the app a national security risk.

City employees will begin to lose access to TikTok and its website from all city-owned devices and networks, according to a New York City Hall spokesperson.

Some new artists owe their success to TikTok. What happens to the music if the U.S. government follows through on a threat to ban the app over national security concerns?

If TikTok can't come to an agreement with Universal Music Group about licensing, music by some of the world's most popular artists will no longer be available to use in videos.

Though TikTok could soon be banned in the U.S., the app continues to gain followers among members of the military. Miltok has become a hub to talk about daily life in the service.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Forbes technology reporter Emily Baker-White about calls to pull TikTok from Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with D.C. AG Brian Schwalb about the new lawsuit against TikTok alleging that the social media platform causes harm to kids and operates in an illegal virtual economy.

The complaint comes as the U.S. and the prominent social media company are embroiled in yet another legal battle that will determine if — or how — TikTok will continue to operate in the country.

Charity care laws mandate nonprofit hospitals forgive debts or significantly reduce bills for people on a limited income. Earlier this year, a TikTok video on hospital bill cancellation went viral.

Several Republican governors have banned TikTok on their agencies' phones and computers. The U.S. Senate approved a bill that would ban the wildly popular app from devices issued by federal agencies.

TikTok shop launched in the U.S. a few months ago, posing a threat to Amazon's dominance in online shopping. NPR talked to users, sellers, and experts about how the app's marketplace is working.

The social media giant has introduced a 60-minute daily limit and other measures aimed at users under 18, as TikTok and other tech companies face growing calls to better protect young people online.