Shortly after Monday’s inauguration ceremony, President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US operations, preventing the app from going dark for an additional 75 days. The executive order instructs the US Attorney General to abstain from enforcing the law that would ban the app and require companies

As TikTok’s future hangs in the balance, Xiaohonghshu, better known as RedNote in English, is trying to capitalize on its newfound popularity by partnering with US influencers who can help promote the company and bring more Americans onto its platform. The Chinese lifestyle and travel app, which has over 300 million mostly monthly active users

The night before president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, right-wing influencers celebrated with cocktails, dancing, and McDonald’s cheeseburgers passed around on platters. They carried ring lights, posed with cardboard cutouts of Elon Musk wearing cowboy hats, and partied with Waka Flocka. The event was sponsored by TikTok and called the Power 30 awards, to celebrate the right’s

At least as of this writing, we’re still awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court on TikTok’s future, but the app’s users aren’t waiting around to find out what happens. Over the last few days, TikTok alternatives like Clapper, Flip, and TikTok’s own Lemon8 have risen to the top of the app store charts. The

“Without doubt, the remedy Congress and the President chose here is dramatic,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion. “Whether this law will succeed in achieving its ends, I do not know.”