Could the U.S. government end up owning half of TikTok? If the latest version of one revised bid goes through, it will become a real possibility. Outlets including Reuters and The Hill report that Perplexity AI, a U.S.-based search engine startup, is offering TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance a proposal for a merger between Perplexity…

A local official in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, resigned after posting a TikTok video mimicking Elon Musk’s gesture, which resembled a Nazi salute. Laura Smith, the former vice chair of the Board of Supervisors, deleted the video amid mounting criticism, stating it was mischaracterized. The Anti-Defamation League described Musk’s gesture as awkward but not a Nazi salute…

Sellers on eBay are capitalizing on TikTok’s uncertain future by listing phones with the app already installed for thousands of dollars. They’re trying to sell to the people who deleted TikTok off their phones when the app stopped working in the United States on Saturday, Jan. 18, after the Supreme Court backed a law that…

“Laguna Beach” and “The Hills” reality television stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, along with 20 other Pacific Palisades residents, are suing the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power over the damage to their properties from the Palisades Fire that sparked on Jan. 7. The lawsuit, filed on…

President Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign promise by signing an executive order to declassify all remaining documents related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Everything will be revealed,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office while signing the executive…

A group of lawmakers is pushing a bill that would ban China from purchasing any land in the United States. The “Not One More Inch or Acre Act” is led by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota and Katie Britt of Alabama. It would require land owned or “Influenced” by…

Seven French families are suing the social media company TikTok. The families allege the company failed to remove harmful content they said led to two of the families losing their 15-year-old children to suicide. The families claim in the lawsuit that TikTok’s algorithm exposed their teens to content promoting suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. One…

Meta is giving creators a chance to turn their content into cash. The company is now offering $5,000 bonuses to select creators who post on Instagram and Facebook over three months. By sharing content across Meta’s apps, creators can access Facebook’s content monetization program. The Breakthrough program allows users to earn additional income from their…

With a new administration taking office, many Facebook and Instagram users were left confused after discovering they were following President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The episode has Meta denying any efforts to force users to follow or like the pages of the new president and vice president. As is standard protocol when…

TikTok’s future in the U.S. is uncertain, but MrBeast wants to secure it. The platform recently went dark before reemerging, and the popular YouTuber has since expressed interest in purchasing it. Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, has the most-subscribed YouTube channel, having built his name on extravagant challenges and charitable giveaways. According to GiveawayListing.com, MrBeast…