TikTok, the only one of the three that prohibits political advertising altogether, did not. Global Witness’s researchers submitted the same eight ads to each platform, according to the report.

Our study is based on a massive dataset of over 16 million TikTok videos from more than 160,000 public accounts between 2019 and 2023. We saw a spike of political TikTok videos during the 2020 U.S ...

Trump said his EO will give TikTok's Chinese parent company another 75 days to sell its stake in the social media app or else be banned in the U.S.

In January, TikTok took itself offline for about 14 hours — and app stores removed access to the platform in the United States — after the law’s initial sale-or-ban deadline passed with no deal.

Meanwhile, in January, Trump signed an executive order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to complete a sale or face a ban in the US. This deadline has created urgency in the negotiations between ...

A law requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app by Jan. 19 or face a total US ban was upheld in US appeals court on Friday – setting up a Supreme Court showdown in the coming ...

President Trump has managed to turn a controversial TikTok ban into a political advantage, framing himself as the savior of the popular video-sharing platform by offering the app a 75-day reprieve.

First, TikTok scoops up data on its 170 million monthly users in the U.S., which could potentially be used to track federal employees or to conduct blackmail or corporate espionage.

That’s despite the platform’s ban on all political ads in place since 2019. The ads never appeared on TikTok because Global Witness pulled them before they went online.

TikTok was gone for 14 hours. That’s just about the length of a nonstop flight from Hawaii to New York, or a teenager’s Saturday night sleep.

In January, TikTok took itself offline for about 14 hours — and app stores removed access to the platform in the United States — after the law’s initial sale-or-ban deadline passed with no deal.

One of the key factors behind successful political engagement on TikTok is authenticity. The platform thrives on genuine, relatable content. Politicians who can showcase a more human side tend to ...