That gives the company time to find a US-approved buyer or face being effectively banned for US users. But it's not just TikTok on the line -- Lemon8, TikTok's sister app, could also be affected.

ByteDance, the Chinese tech company that owns TikTok, also owns Lemon8. According to ZDNet, ByteDance is positioning Lemon8 to be an Instagram rival as more users stop using, or abandon, Meta's app.

That means even though Lemon8 is not explicitly named in the statute, its future in the U.S. is also in jeopardy. Lemon8 is owned by ByteDance, TikTok's parent company. Richard Drew, Associated Press ...

U.S. House’s Chief Administrative Office has banned WhatsApp on the government devices of congressional staffers.

The US House of Representatives has reportedly banned the use of WhatsApp on all House-issued devices, citing serious ...

The State of Social Media: Instagram and Facebook Still on Top Despite Rise of TikTok Pro The social network led by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has 2.11 billion monthly active users ...

The US ban on TikTok has likely been avoided (again). On Tuesday President Trump signaled his intent to add a 90-day extension to prevent the ban from taking effect on June 19. The extra time is meant ...

From the owner and developer of TikTok and CapCut, Hypic is a photo editing app that many people use on their phones, and ...

Unitree Robotics reaches unicorn status with ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent funding The Chinese humanoid and robot dog maker is valued at US$1.3 billion in its latest financing round Reading Time:2 ...

The US president ‘does not want TikTok to go dark’, the White House says, as Trump prepares to put off a threatened ban for the third time.

ByteDance's TikTok will invest $8.8 billion in data centres in Thailand over five years, Helena Lersch, TikTok's Vice President of Public Policy, said on Friday at an event in Bangkok.