Almost three years ago, New York City joined governments across the country to ban TikTok from its devices over security concerns about the Chinese social media site.

Australia is considering bringing court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube after alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their platforms.

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid.

Two former Harris County Tax Office employees and two local business owners were arrested this week for allegedly defrauding taxpayers out of tens of thousands of dollars by illegally processing vehicle registrations and title transfers.

A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations.

The European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules with features like autoplay and infinite scroll.

It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as TikTok: chicken nuggets lovingly topped with a dab of caviar.

TikTok has agreed to settle in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s attorneys confirmed.

TikTok has at last finalized a deal to keep the popular video sharing platform operating in the U.S. after years of uncertainty.

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the U.S. that has been in discussion for years.

The Houston-based social media influencer facing felony child sexual abuse charges has been placed on “modified safety watch,” jail officials confirmed to KPRC 2’s Corley Peel.

A viral TikTok challenge is raising alarms among law enforcement after kids were caught on camera kicking strangers’ doors in the Heights neighborhood.

TikTok has signed a deal to form a new U.S. unit with three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — holding a majority stake.

Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia.

Authorities have charged a Texas man with making threats online after they say a video showing him threatening to build a bomb and conduct a suicide attack was posted to TikTok and other social media sites.

Authorities have charged a Texas man with making threats online after they say a video showing him threatening to build a bomb and conduct a suicide attack was posted to TikTok and other social media sites.

Lakewood Church clarifies its response after a TikTok creator called asking for baby formula, saying its benevolence ministry supports local families in need.

TikTok creator tests churches in her “Testing your Church” series by calling Lakewood Houston to ask for baby formula, highlighting the response to a starving baby.

Authorities in Mali say armed men publicly killed a TikTok influencer who had posted videos in support of the West African nation’s military.

China's Commerce Ministry says Beijing will work with the Trump administration to resolve issues related to TokTok's ownership.

The Trump administration has been signaling that it may have finally reached a deal with China to keep TikTok running in the U.S., with the two countries finalizing the details as soon as Thursday.

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A Houston man known as The Roadside Tech is turning roadside emergencies into viral acts of kindness.

Rep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns laid out by the law.

From coastal grandma to clean girl aesthetic, microtrends are everywhere on social media, and you're often encouraged to spend money to participate.

Canadian privacy authorities say TikTok’s efforts to keep children off the platform and prevent the collection and use of their sensitive personal information are “inadequate” but the company is taking steps to address concerns.

Tech giant Oracle will spearhead a new joint venture being cobbled together to take over the U.S. oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s taste-making video platform under the terms of a deal laid out Monday by President Donald Trump’s administration.

An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app's video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations.

President Donald Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16.

Authorities say that social media platforms should not require age verification for all users when a ban on children under 16 having accounts goes into effect in December in Australia.

TikTok sensation–turned–New York Times bestselling author Hannah Nicole Maehrer has released Accomplice to the Villain, the latest installment in her wildly popular Assistant to the Villain series.

A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of TikTok.

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people Monday, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech.

A TikTok video appearing to show an unruly man at a Spring restaurant has gone viral online.

President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company highly overrated.

The newest popular influencer on TikTok’s “For You” page might be the scroller’s favorite tennis player.

Minnesota has joined a wave of states suing TikTok, claiming the app uses addictive algorithms that harm young people's mental health.

Finally, lovers of Italian and Asian cuisine can enjoy a matrimonial creation created by popular food creator, QCP. If you've spent countless hours scrolling food videos on Instagram or TikTok, chances are, you’ve come across his content.

Recently, a Katy family was startled when a teenager kicked open their front door late at night.

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham says she has been fined $500 for a TikTok post criticizing the league’s referees.

A man who was seen in a now-viral TikTok video slamming his truck into several parked vehicles outside a club in a north Houston parking lot is now facing five felony charges.

The 1950s and ’60s pop singer Connie Francis died Thursday at 87.

“Pretty Little Baby” and “Who's Sorry Now?”.

TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data transferred to China.

The family of a Houston nursing student and social media influencer who was allegedly murdered by her roommate is suing the landlord and background check firm who allowed her to live with a man with a violent past.

Less than a month after extending a deadline to ban TikTok for the third time, President Donald Trump told reporters late Friday night that, “We pretty much have a deal,” on TikTok.

In a TikTok video, Sade Perkins labeled the camp as "a white-only girls' Christian camp," sparking backlash.

A federal judge is blocking Georgia's law requiring age verification for social media accounts.

In a heartfelt TikTok video that has garnered over 3,800 views, 8-year-old Aiden Vachiratevanurak expresses his urgent plea to save his family’s restaurant, Mama Le, located in Richmond.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.

The Dutch government is advising parents that children under 15 should not use TikTok and Instagram, citing physical and psychological problems including panic attacks, depression and sleeping problems.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app.

Is Father’s Day starting to get a little more attention as a holiday.

A teen was arrested in Montgomery County after evading arrest in a stolen car. After his arrest, authorities learned that he planned to steal more.

A local official in Brazil say the world’s most-followed TikTok personality Khaby Lame is now in the South American country.

The school graduation season is the busiest time of year for the Walmart workers who hand-decorate cakes per customers’ orders.

Labubu, the plush toy from China’s Pop Mart is a social media darling, but the toothy little monsters are not an overnight success.

The Texas Legislature has already passed a bill requiring age verification to download apps and is seriously considering another to ban children from social media.

European Union regulators are accusing TikTok of breaching digital safety rules because of shortcomings in the video sharing app’s online ad database.

A nursing student and TikTok influencer from the United Kingdom (UK) was stabbed to death in a Houston apartment just days before her college graduation.

European Union privacy watchdogs have fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million).

Georgia's law requiring parental consent for children to use social media is being challenged in court.

A Kenya-based Nigerian content moderator for TikTok, who died in unclear circumstances last month, has been buried in a public cemetery as colleagues eulogized her as “selfless.”.

President Donald Trump says he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days.

Bodega cats in New York City are widely loved feline workers in the Big Apple's convenience stores.

Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok.

President Donald Trump’s executive orders have spurred more than 130 lawsuits, but one related to TikTok barely generates a peep.

President Donald Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok.

Social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike.

Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he was hopeful a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. will be wrapped up by the early April deadline.

Alix Earle's boyfriend, Braxton Berrios, signed with the Houston Texans. All of us Earle girls want to know, is Alix coming to Houston, too?

West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez, like all football coaches, wants his players to show up on time, work hard and play their best.

In less than a month, TikTok could have one or a few new owners, be banned again, or simply receive another reprieve to continue operating in the U.S. Questions about the fate of the popular app has continued to linger since a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest or face a ban took effect on Jan. 19.

The Albanian Cabinet has decided to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the video-sharing platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.

The U.K.’s data protection watchdog says that it's investigating how TikTok uses the personal information of teenagers to deliver content recommendations to them when they use the social media platform.

TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the U.S., after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban.

An East Texas knife shop owner is going viral on TikTok after refusing to transfer an emblem onto Hitler Youth knives, sparking widespread support online.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the U.S. to take steps to start developing a government-owned investment fund that he said could be used to profit off of TikTok if he’s successful at finding the company an American buyer.

There’s a lot of fun trends that start on TikTok -- and sometimes they can become dangerous.

Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-Italian influencer who ranks as world’s most popular TikTok personality, has been named as a goodwill ambassador by the U.N.'s children’s agency.

Is it just me? Or the first month of 2025 feels like it’s been an entire year?

President Donald Trump says Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.

Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump hasn’t been shy about sharing his thoughts since taking office.

People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is launching a crusade against what he sees as the downsides of social media.

Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman's office because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban with felony arson.

Jimmy Donaldson — better known online as MrBeast — isn’t in the TikTok bidding race just yet, according to a representative for the YouTube star.

As the future of social media platforms such as TikTok remains unknown, a younger generation of farmers is relying on social media to connect with audiences outside agriculture.

President Donald Trump has directed his Justice Department to pause enforcement of the TikTok ban until early April.

During his first term as president, Donald Trump led the effort to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing site he said posed threats to U.S. national security.

TikTok content creators who make a living promoting their businesses and personal brands on the app were afraid that they would have to find new ways to engage consumers and make money as the app’s future in the United States remained uncertain.

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.

Tennis star Coco Gauff has mourned the loss of TikTok’s app back home.

A U.S. law has taken effect, banning TikTok due to national security concerns over its ties to the China-based parent company, ByteDance, leaving millions unable to access the app.

TikTok says it’s restoring service to users in the United States just hours after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a federal ban.

President-elect Donald Trump says he “most likely” will give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban.

TikTok arrived in the U.S. almost 6 1/2 years ago.

With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple.