The Supreme Court has upheld a federal ban of TikTok, and users are scrambling. The ban, which is expected to take effect on January 19, is a looming crisis for the countless small businesses and creators who’ve built their livelihoods on the platform.

In an unsigned opinion, the Court sided with the national security concerns about TikTok over First Amendment rights. There were no noted dissents.

The European Union is considering expanding its investigation into whether Elon Musk's social media network X breached its content moderation rulebook, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing the bloc's tech policy chief.

The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.

Experts have said the app will not disappear from existing users’ phones once the law takes effect Sunday, but TikTok said it would shut down the platform in the United States by the deadline.

As the U.S. TikTok ban proceeds, fans need to find other short-video apps to use. Here are the ones that are most popular right now.

Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.

Instagram announced a timely update to its video feature Reels this morning, alongside the news that the Supreme Court upheld the law that will ban TikTok

Just days before the Supreme Court’s TikTok decision, a startup called Pixelfed released mobile apps for its open, decentralized photo-sharing service. It’s basically Instagram but for the ...

ByteDance has so far rebuffed the idea of selling TikTok. But the lawyer for the US government told the Supreme Court that a ban might be just the “jolt” needed to persuade it to consider the idea, noting that restrictions could be lifted once a deal materialises.

While the app will not be available for download until next month, it is currently available for pre-order on the Apple App Store. The Android version is also in development, though it is unclear whether it will launch simultaneously with the iOS version.