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U.S. says a deal has been reached on TikTok, but details are sparse

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Wearing a button in support of TikTok, Tiffany Cianci, who says she is a "long-form educational content creator," livestreams to TikTok outside the Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

By David Hamilton - Associated Press

People work inside the TikTok Inc. building in Culver City, Calif., on March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The rise - and potential fall - of TikTok in the U.S.

By Haleluya Hadero - Associated Press

The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Justice Department sues TikTok for illegally collecting children’s data

Associated Press

A TikTok sign is displayed on their building in Culver City, Calif., March 11, 2024. If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer — and if so, in what form. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

By David Hamilton - Associated Press

A TikTok sign is displayed on their building in Culver City, Calif., March 11, 2024. If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer — and if so, in what form. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

By David Hamilton - Associated Press

TikTok blocks Beijing critics, State Department report says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 21, 2020 file photo, a man opens social media app 'TikTok' on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The owner of TikTok has chosen Oracle over Microsoft as the American tech partner that could help keep the popular video-sharing app running in the U.S., according to a source familiar with the deal who was not authorized to speak publicly about it. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Q&A: What does a deal between TikTok and Oracle mean?

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2015, file photo, then Disney chief strategy officer Kevin Mayer visits the company's &quot;accelerator&quot; space in Glendale, Calif. TikTok CEO Mayer resigned Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, amid U.S. pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

TikTok CEO resigns amid US pressure to sell video app

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

Trump’s demand for US cut of a TikTok deal is unprecedented

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

A man wearing a shirt promoting TikTok is seen at an Apple store in Beijing on Friday, July 17, 2020. U. S. President Donald Trump says he wants to take action to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Q&A: TikTok saga continues with Microsoft talks. Now what?

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

A man wearing a shirt promoting TikTok is seen at an Apple store in Beijing on Friday, July 17, 2020. U. S. President Donald Trump says he wants to take action to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy US arm of TikTok

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. (AP Photo/File)

Trump says he’ll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2015 file photo, Disney chief strategy officer Kevin Mayer visits the company's &quot;accelerator&quot; space in Glendale, Calif. Mayer will also be chief operating officer of TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, and report to its founder and CEO, Yiming Zhang, the company announced Monday, May 18, 2020. TikTok's app features short videos, many with music and dancing, that has become a favorite of younger people and is known for its goofy, light-hearted feel. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

Video app TikTok names top Disney streaming exec as new CEO

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

This Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, file photo shows the icon for TikTok taken in New York. (AP Photo)

Teens love the video app TikTok. Do they love it too much?

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Reports: US launches review of China-owned video app TikTok

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo, Matty Nev Luby holds her phone and logs into the lip-sync smartphone app Musical.ly, in Wethersfield, Conn. The operator of the video-sharing app popular with teenagers has agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle federal allegations it illegally collected personal information from children. The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, it’s penalty against lip-syncing app Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, is the largest ever obtained in a children’s privacy case. The FTC says the app violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act requiring kid-oriented websites to get parents’ consent before collecting personal information from children under 13. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Teen video app Musical.ly agrees to FTC fine

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo, Matty Nev Luby holds up her phone in front of a ring light she uses to lip-sync with the smartphone app Musical.ly, in Wethersfield, Conn. Teens and young adults say cyberbullying is a serious problem for people their age, but most don’t think they’ll be the ones targeted for digital abuse. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV. The poll also finds that about half of both young people and their parents view social media as having a mostly negative effect on the younger generation. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Poll: Young Americans say online bullying a serious problem

By MATT O'BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press