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The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.

Hundreds of marketers and ad agency types flocked to TikTok’s annual sales presentation after a new law put its future in question.

Amit P. Mehta, a judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, will issue a landmark antitrust ruling.

For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.

President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

While Congress says the social app is a security threat, critics of the law targeting it say it shows how out of step lawmakers are with young people.

A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.

President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

European officials threatened to fine TikTok and force it to remove some features, the latest regulatory challenge for the Chinese-owned social media app.

In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.

Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

This fall, the company will begin allowing customers to replace broken parts with used iPhone components without its previous software limits.

The video app is spending millions on ads as Congress considers a bill that could lead to a U.S. ban.

Jonathan Kanter, the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, made his boldest move on Thursday by accusing Apple of antitrust violations.

The California Democrat Ro Khanna pointed to the need for a federal data privacy law, and a Democrat and a Republican in the Senate suggested sympathy for the calls to ban the app.

Legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned in the United States sailed through the House, but the Senate has no plans to move hastily.

Local lawmakers in the Minnesota city voted on Thursday to guarantee a minimum hourly wage to ride-hailing drivers.

As legislation moves ahead that could eventually mandate a sale by the Chinese parent company ByteDance, hurdles include finding buyers.

The legislation received wide bipartisan support, with both Republicans and Democrats showing an eagerness to appear tough on China.

The bill, which would force TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell the popular social media app, faces a difficult path in the Senate.

With both parties eager to demonstrate a willingness to be tough on China, bipartisan legislation to force the Chinese owners of the platform to divest or face a ban was moving forward.