But Trump isn’t buying TikTok. The X post is fake. PolitiFact searched Trump’s X account and found no post about buying TikTok. We also contacted Trump’s team, but did not receive a response before publication.

There are the TikTok creators who fear losing their audiences and have been frantically trying to persuade their fans to follow them on Instagram and YouTube, and the e-commerce brands and drop-shippers that are going to have to find other places to sell their stuff.

Trade warriors are scrambling to avoid the consequences of their actions. The top U.S. court upheld a bipartisan law to ban TikTok in just two days’ time. Yet neither outgoing President Joe Biden nor incoming President-elect Donald Trump want the social media app to go dark on their watch.

The possibility of the U.S. outlawing TikTok kept influencers and users in anxious limbo during the four-plus years that lawmakers and judges debated the fate of the video-sharing app. Now, the moment its fans dreaded is here,

TikTok is entering its final hours in the U.S. ahead of a potential ban effective on Sunday, prompting howls of protest from devoted users of the beloved video-streaming app.

Mark Zuckerberg is reshaping Facebook and Instagram to align with Donald Trump’s vision, following Elon Musk’s lead with X. Meanwhile, The Supreme Court will soon rule on a potential TikTok ban in The United States.

The music industry, on par with millions of American TikTok users, is hesitant to accept the imposed Jan. 19 ban of the video sharing app.

Americans are going to lose access to TikTok in less than a week, unless China green-lights a sale to what Congress has deemed a non-adversary of the United States — something China is unlikely to do but might.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will be a guest of Donald Trump at his inauguration Monday as the popular app’s ban is set to go into effect, according to three people familiar with his plans.

Buying TikTok would further solidify Musk's position as one of the most powerful men in the U.S. and the world.

TikTik is set to go dark at midnight on Sunday — these are the people and companies who could buy the popular platform before (or after) that happens.