Authorities have charged a Texas man with making threats online after they say a video showing him threatening to build a bomb and conduct a suicide attack was posted to TikTok and other social media sites.

As 2025 winds down, a viral TikTok trend known as “The Great Lock-In” is pushing people to make the most of the year’s final stretch.

The Orange County couple who were seen in a TikTok video using racially-charged language against a solar utility worker earlier this summer is now facing formal charges.

Authorities in Mali say armed men publicly killed a TikTok influencer who had posted videos in support of the West African nation’s military.

China's Commerce Ministry says Beijing will work with the Trump administration to resolve issues related to TokTok's ownership.

The Trump administration has been signaling that it may have finally reached a deal with China to keep TikTok running in the U.S., with the two countries finalizing the details as soon as Thursday.

An Orlando mother says her neighborhood homeowners’ association targeted her 5-year-old son after he swung on a tree near the community bus stop.

Rep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok.

Shares of some big drugmakers rose Friday as Wall Street started sorting out the impact of President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns laid out by the law.

From coastal grandma to clean girl aesthetic, microtrends are everywhere on social media, and you're often encouraged to spend money to participate.

Canadian privacy authorities say TikTok’s efforts to keep children off the platform and prevent the collection and use of their sensitive personal information are “inadequate” but the company is taking steps to address concerns.

Tech giant Oracle will spearhead a new joint venture being cobbled together to take over the U.S. oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s taste-making video platform under the terms of a deal laid out Monday by President Donald Trump’s administration.

An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app's video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations.

President Donald Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16.

Authorities say that social media platforms should not require age verification for all users when a ban on children under 16 having accounts goes into effect in December in Australia.

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people Monday, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech.

On Monday, News 6 obtained an incident report that shed new light on a controversial TikTok video that went viral earlier this summer.

The tourism group announced its “City Break” campaign, set to launch Sept. 15 and run through Nov. 15. The initiative will feature TikTok content creators highlighting attractions, nightlife, and dining options around Orlando.

President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company highly overrated.

The newest popular influencer on TikTok’s “For You” page might be the scroller’s favorite tennis player.

Minnesota has joined a wave of states suing TikTok, claiming the app uses addictive algorithms that harm young people's mental health.

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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham says she has been fined $500 for a TikTok post criticizing the league’s referees.

The 1950s and ’60s pop singer Connie Francis died Thursday at 87.

“Pretty Little Baby” and “Who's Sorry Now?”.

TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data transferred to China.

Less than a month after extending a deadline to ban TikTok for the third time, President Donald Trump told reporters late Friday night that, “We pretty much have a deal,” on TikTok.

A federal judge is blocking Georgia's law requiring age verification for social media accounts.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.

The Dutch government is advising parents that children under 15 should not use TikTok and Instagram, citing physical and psychological problems including panic attacks, depression and sleeping problems.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app.

Is Father’s Day starting to get a little more attention as a holiday.

A local official in Brazil say the world’s most-followed TikTok personality Khaby Lame is now in the South American country.

The world's most popular TikTok personality has left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas.

The school graduation season is the busiest time of year for the Walmart workers who hand-decorate cakes per customers’ orders.

Labubu, the plush toy from China’s Pop Mart is a social media darling, but the toothy little monsters are not an overnight success.

European Union regulators are accusing TikTok of breaching digital safety rules because of because it’s not being transparent enough about ads shown to users of the video sharing app.

School districts across Central Florida are warning parents about a dangerous new TikTok challenge that encourages students to intentionally damage their district-issued Chromebooks.

The Osceola County school district reached out to parents on Wednesday, warning about an “unacceptable” new TikTok challenge involving local students.

European Union privacy watchdogs have fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million).

Georgia's law requiring parental consent for children to use social media is being challenged in court.

Despite support from many parents and state leaders, a parental control bill failed to make it through the House this week.

A Kenya-based Nigerian content moderator for TikTok, who died in unclear circumstances last month, has been buried in a public cemetery as colleagues eulogized her as “selfless.”.

One Central Florida mall is pleading with guests to just enjoy the movies

President Donald Trump says he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days.

Bodega cats in New York City are widely loved feline workers in the Big Apple's convenience stores.

Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok.

President Donald Trump’s executive orders have spurred more than 130 lawsuits, but one related to TikTok barely generates a peep.

President Donald Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok.

Social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike.

Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he was hopeful a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. will be wrapped up by the early April deadline.

West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez, like all football coaches, wants his players to show up on time, work hard and play their best.

In less than a month, TikTok could have one or a few new owners, be banned again, or simply receive another reprieve to continue operating in the U.S. Questions about the fate of the popular app has continued to linger since a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest or face a ban took effect on Jan. 19.

The Albanian Cabinet has decided to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the video-sharing platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.

Casey Anthony appears on TikTok, promoting her new online newsletter.

The U.K.’s data protection watchdog says that it's investigating how TikTok uses the personal information of teenagers to deliver content recommendations to them when they use the social media platform.

TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the U.S., after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the U.S. to take steps to start developing a government-owned investment fund that he said could be used to profit off of TikTok if he’s successful at finding the company an American buyer.

Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-Italian influencer who ranks as world’s most popular TikTok personality, has been named as a goodwill ambassador by the U.N.'s children’s agency.

Defense attorneys are working to overturn the conviction of a man who was driving three friends who died when they were hit by a wrong-way driver in December 2022

President Donald Trump says Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.

Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump hasn’t been shy about sharing his thoughts since taking office.

People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is launching a crusade against what he sees as the downsides of social media.

Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman's office because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban with felony arson.

Shortly before the Jan. 19 deadline for TikTok to shut down, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a previous ruling that allowed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to take effect. Here's what could happen to more apps going forward.

Jimmy Donaldson — better known online as MrBeast — isn’t in the TikTok bidding race just yet, according to a representative for the YouTube star.

As the future of social media platforms such as TikTok remains unknown, a younger generation of farmers is relying on social media to connect with audiences outside agriculture.

President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April.

During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed threats to U.S. national security.

TikTok content creators who make a living promoting their businesses and personal brands on the app were afraid that they would have to find new ways to engage consumers and make money as the app’s future in the United States remained uncertain.

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.

Tennis star Coco Gauff has mourned the loss of TikTok’s app back home.

TikTok officially went dark for users of the popular social media late Saturday night, just a few hours before a ban was set to take effect.

TikTok says it’s restoring service to users in the United States just hours after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a federal ban.

President-elect Donald Trump says he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban.

TikTok arrived in the U.S. almost 6 1/2 years ago.

With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple.

A rare wave of U.S.-China camaraderie broke out online in recent days as “refugees” from the popular short video platform TikTok poured onto a Chinese social media platform to protest a now-delayed ban on the service.

The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban — with the nation’s highest court upholding a law that’s set to officially cut the cord and halt new downloads off the app starting Sunday.

TikTok says it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.

President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call Friday, just days before Trump heads back to the White House.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision could come Friday in the case about whether TikTok must shut down in a few days under a federal law that seeks to force its sale by the Chinese company that owns the social media platform.

As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, many users are wondering how to save their content.

President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office, a U.S. official says.

The supremely popular TikTok could be banned on Jan. 19 under a federal law that forces the video sharing platform to divest itself from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, or shut down its U.S. operations.

As the potential TikTok ban approaches, small business owners like hair stylist Emily Velasco are preparing for a significant shift. After a viral video catapulted her salon's success, she now faces uncertainty with nearly half of her clients coming from TikTok. Here's where they're headed next.

Xiaohongshu, which in English means “Little Red Book” is a Chinese social media app that combines e-commerce, short video and posting functions.

As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, some U.S. TikTok users are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. The self-described “TikTok refugees” landed on Xiaohongshu as an alternative to TikTok.

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider some reinstating preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by a lower court.

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.

TikTok has cemented itself as the quintessential entertainment app, offering everything from funny skits and makeup tutorials to social commentary and news.

The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold the law that could ban TikTok, with most of the justices appearing concerned about the national security risks posed by the wildly popular app whose parent company is based in China.

In a collision between free speech and national security, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the fate of TikTok, a digital age cultural phenomenon that roughly half the U.S. population uses for entertainment and information.

Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately.

Venezuela’s Supreme Court has issued a $10 million fine against TikTok for “not implementing measures” to prevent viral video challenges that have allegedly led to the deaths of three Venezuelan children recently.

A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to grow their business.