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Why VPN does not get around US TikTok ban

Since the popular social app was shut down, dejected American TikTokers have been looking around for a fix and struggling to avoid a ban. Users on Sunday were just starting to notice that the Chinese-owned app remained dark even when using a VPN. Virtual private networks can trick websites and apps into thinking you are […]

TikTok users freak out as ban shuts down app for 170M users in US

Heartbroken TikTokers are going cuckoo. Users of the now-defunct social app across the U.S. mourned its loss early Sunday after the app was shut down for its 170 million U.S. users in the face of a U.S. legal ban. There is. “It’s gone TIKTOK is gone”, one. User posted on X With a GIF of […]

TikTok goes dark in the US ahead of ban | Technology

TikTok suspended its service in the United States late Saturday, just before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short video app went into effect. This app is no longer available on Apple's iOS App Store or Google's Play Store. In April, the U.S. Congress passed a law requiring parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok to […]

Hours before US ban, TikTok says users will see ‘temporary’ halt in service

Pete Packal, technology analyst and founder of The Media Copilot, joins Mornings with Maria to discuss President-elect Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court to end the ban on TikTok. Discuss the administration's focus on AI in its second term. Hours before the U.S. ban on TikTok went into effect, TikTok released a statement on its […]

Georgia Speaker rescinds ban on state senator after his arrest

Georgia Republican House Speaker John Burns on Thursday revoked the suspension of a state senator who was arrested for breaking into the House chamber to listen to Gov. Brian Kemp's (R) State of the State address. “While the senator's actions were despicable and hurtful to all who knew, respected, and loved former Speaker David Ralston, […]

AI company Perplexity bids to merge with TikTok to avoid ban: report

O'Leary Ventures Chairman gave an update on the TikTok bid on “The Craman Countdown.” Artificial intelligence (AI) company Perplexity AI is reportedly interested in merging with TikTok US to help the video-sharing platform avoid a ban in the country. CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the bid for the platform's Chinese parent […]

State lawmaker has House chamber ban revoked after viral scuffle left him hospitalized

A ban on Georgia senators from entering the state House chamber has been rescinded after an ugly incident Thursday in which a Georgia senator was thrown to the floor, arrested, and subsequently hospitalized. State Sen. Colton Moore, a staunch supporter of President-elect Trump, had previously tried to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis impeached, […]