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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to cyber security expert Timothy Edgar about the legalities of banning TikTok.

State lawmakers passed a bill through a senate committee that would ban the video-sharing app, TikTok. Security concerns about the app's data sharing worry lawmakers.

TikTok has been under scrutiny in recent years about its privacy and security practices and its effect on young people's mental health. Various bans of the app have been enacted across the country.

The chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation's biggest TikTok stars, drawing 2.7 million followers and 54 million likes.

The president also issued an executive order aimed at cutting ties between the U.S. and the owner of the popular Chinese communications and social media app WeChat.

The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform's future in the U.S.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Jen Golbeck, a professor at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland at College Park, about the app's ability to track its American users.

South Carolina is the latest state to debate a six-week abortion ban. The state's Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday.

In less than 24 hours, former President Donald Trump amassed over 2 million followers on TikTok — nearly a third of the following he has on his own social media platform, Truth Social.

Gen Z guys are making the once-humble quarter-zip the newest breakout star on TikTok, turning the classic pullover into a buzzy fashion trend that's suddenly everywhere.