This has two knock-on effects that are much longer term. First, we now know that a U.S. TikTok ban will be difficult to bypass if it comes back — and the same will be true for any other Chinese (or other) app banned in the same way. There are some options, as I reported over the weekend, but none of them are especially compelling.

If you still have TikTok installed on your phone, you might be able to make a few thousand dollars by listing it on eBay.

TikTok went dark, and pulled its products from app stores in the United States. The following day, citing assurances from incoming-President Trump, TikTok returned service to American users, but its apps are still missing from App Stores—even after Trump signed an executive order delaying enforcing the law that bans TikTok.

Updated January 19th as service was being restored.

An investment group with MrBeast as its main face plans to offer more than $20 billion to buy TikTok in the US.

W hile the TikTok ban has been suspended for 75 days, thanks to President Trump, the app is still not available in the Google Play Store, nor the Apple App Store. Luckily, on Andr

Some eBay sellers are hoping to get $10,000 or more for a smartphone with TikTok preinstalled, but the app's future is far from certain.

The impending TikTok ban has resulted in opportunistic behaviors where people on eBay are selling smartphones with the app preinstalled.

The TikTok app is still not available in Google Play or the iPhone App Store despite Trump's order halting the ban. Here's what's happening.

Phones and Android phones with TikTok preinstalled on them are being listed for ridiculous prices on the online marketplace eBay.

The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on TikTok. Before the app goes dark on Sunday, you’re probably wondering how to back up the dozens, hundreds, or even

The company hasn’t released official data, but the app has reached No. 1 in free downloads on both iOS and Android, remaining in that spot for days. On the platform, two versions of the TikTok refugee hashtag have over 24 million posts, with related ...