Five years ago, social media users seemingly had an easy time navigating their various platforms. They could post a selfie on ...

Even in the worst cases, though, I like timeline apps as shortcuts; it’s actually much faster to open Tapestry and find the ...

Video reigns supreme on social media like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. And now, video is becoming a bigger business for ...

Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden ...

In China, one of the world’s largest book markets and most digitised nations, social media is influencing what and how people read in new and evolving ways – through two super apps.

As TikTok went out in the US, Xiaohongshu – more commonly known as the RedNote app - saw a surge in users seeking alternatives — but it’s not a straight swap, writes Hannah Daygo Watch ...

President-elect Donald Trump proposed to let the United States own half of the popular social media platform to satisfy a law requiring the Chinese-owned app to divest its U.S. operations.

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The law has become deeply unpopular with users and many Americans, and many TikTok users began fleeing to Chinese social media apps in protest. The Biden administration’s comments that it would ...

Heartbroken TikTokers are going cuckoo. Users of the now defunct social app nationwide are mourning its loss early Sunday, after the popular video-sharing platform went dark for its 170 million ...

ByteDance released Lemon8 in February 2023 as a photo-based social media app. It is known for resembling RedNote, a particularly successful social media app in China that has also become the ...

TikTok voluntarily shut down service ahead of the controversial ban which took effect on Sunday. However, the social media app gave users the option to download their data despite losing service.