TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have formed a joint venture with 3 major American investors so the app can remain available across the United States.
On Thursday, Jan. 22, the investors Oracle,...
Ari Contreras, Assistant Opinions Editor
• January 11, 2026
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, social media sites, such as TikTok, popularized the concept of online communities. One, specifically, gained traction during this time, BookTok.
BookTok joined thousands...
TikTok, a popular social media app, will remain available in the United States after the Trump administration extended its deadline for another 75 days.
According to CNBC, President Donald Trump is...
Once Musical.ly lost traction, I joined TikTok like most people did.
What I didn’t realize was how joining the social media platform would affect my attention span, my motivation to do anything else...
Editors note: This article has been updated as of Jan. 17, 2025.
TikTok, an Editors’ Choice award-winning social media app, faces a potential ban in the United States, pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s...
United States President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law that will ban social media app TikTok if the parent company ByteDance Ltd. does not sell the app within nine months.
The “Protecting Americans...
This month, the House voted in an overwhelming majority of 352-65 to pass a bill that will either force ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to sell the app or face a ban across America.
TikTok has 150 million...
Like it or not, we have all fallen for the marketing of online trends.
Every other post you scroll past is a subtle, or not so subtle, marketing tactic of influencers and companies.
While the effect...
According to the Kentucky General Assembly, Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 150 was overridden on Wednesday, leaving some UK students unhappy.
The bill sets guidelines for the study of sexuality...
About a month ago, I deleted TikTok and in turn decreased my social media usage exponentially.
My boyfriend deleted TikTok weeks before I did and constantly raved about his increase in productivity.
I...
The Martin Luther King Center partnered with Underground Perspective and the Office of LGBTQ* Resources to host influencer Lynae Vanee as part of a series celebrating Women's History Month.
Vanee’s...
Editor’s note: Per request of the University of Kentucky Public Relations and Marketing Department, “UK is continuing to monitor the legislation and working with appropriate parties to determine any...
