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President Biden signed a bill that could effectively prohibit the app in the U.S, with the administration warning of foreign influence
The platform's parent company, the Chinese-owened ByteDance, would be required to sell the popular app within 270 days or get booted from app stores
The measure gives ByteDance nearly a year to sell TikTok before facing a ban from American app stores
The $95 billion package garnered bipartisan support despite 112 Republicans voting against the bill funding Ukraine
The rapper told fans on Twitter to share unofficial versions of the song since the official track would be "muted" amid UMG's fight with TikTok
Swift's songs return to the platform a week before she's set to release her album The Tortured Poets Department
Author Sarah J Maas' fairy epics are dominating publishing — and influencing what books you might see on shelves next
The content creator, who shared details of her plain life, allegedly cosplayed as a member of a secluded religious community for clout
The TikTok star built a following by serenading celebrities with off-tune songs. Now, he's got his own plans to become a musician (seriously)
TikTok rapper Trefuego and his 2019 song "90mh" infringed on the 1986 Toshifumi Hinata song "Reflections," a federal judge ruled