The Chinese-owned short-form video platform described the move as a “sweetheart deal” that’s “illogical, anti-competitive and short sighted.” Read more
One Thai mumfluencer shared a video of her “typical afternoon in Neom”. The video has been viewed around 800,000 times. The city it shows is almost deserted. Read more
JD Vance’s appearance in Paris is his first major engagement on his first foreign trip as Donald Trump’s vice president. Read more
They say that as authorities ramp up raids in the early days of the Trump administration, they’re trying to inform migrants of their rights. Read more
Under the deal, ByteDance would retain a stake in the company, but data collection and software updates would be overseen by Oracle. Read more
Last year, TikTok was one of the top 10 largest beauty e-commerce platforms in the U.S. Read more
Trump said he would “extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security.” Read more
It’s not clear if TikTok has met the high legal bar to win a 90-day reprieve — which requires binding agreements to enable ByteDance to complete a sale of TikTok by mid-April. Read more
U.S. President -elect Donald Trump’s potential role in any plan to save TikTok remains both intriguing and complicated. Read more
The statement came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTok on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company does not sell it. Read more
