Trump’s vow of support had prompted TikTok to restore its services in the US, after it stopped working for its American users late on Saturday

TikTok is receiving surprising support from unlikely quarters, but it remains unclear whether the app will remain online in the United States come Sunday

TikTok’s moves follow a frosty hearing in the US Supreme Court last week, which has cemented expectations that it will face a ban starting Sunday

The short video app is facing a January 19 deadline for a ban in the US, unless its Chinese owner ByteDance divests its US operations

Researchers say the TikTok owner's planned spending on computing power 'will drive progress' in China’s artificial intelligence industry

The case has drawn widespread attention in China due to its focus on AI LLM training and in light of the country's race to develop the technology

The app’s Chinese owners are feeling the pressure from US regulators over spying claims and content concerns

In a 99-page document submitted to a US court, TikTok and ByteDance argued the divest-or-ban bill was punitive, speculative and needed to be struck down

Trump’s remarks are a sharp U-turn from his earlier stance on the app, given it was he who began the US crusade against TikTok during his presidency in 2020

TikTok’s Chinese parent company has ordered engineers to split the app's recommendation algorithm — a tedious task involving millions of lines of code, according to a new report

A group of TikTok creators has filed suit to block the law that could ban the app while TikTok itself and parent company ByteDance have also filed a similar lawsuit

The app, Lemon8, is known for its ‘blog-style’ posts and is seen as a platform for photos, rather than videos