TikTok users are seeing an alert that the app that services around 170 million Americans will become “temporarily unavailable” when the government’s ban goes into effect Jan. 19, signaling that the app could go dark before President-elect Donald Trump gets sworn in on Jan.

Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.

Like the wildfire conditions in Los Angeles County, my For You page on TikTok turned overnight ... dynamic at play with the fires in Southern California, but the overall experience is not that ...

With the TikTok ban poised to go into effect Sunday, some influential California creators will lose their main platform.

More than 10,000 homes and other structures have been destroyed by the Palisades and Eaton fires. This is a tragedy of catastrophic scale, a fact that is not lost on Sara Wang, but she's finding some humor in the darkness.

As wildfires continue to ravage California, social media is flooded with misinformation about their origins and impacts. DW investigates the most viral claims.

Whether or not the ban holds for very long, the many unique communities on the platform will inevitably scatter across myriad smaller apps — and many will disappear altogether.

A new sentencing hearing for brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez in the killing of their parents has been delayed for nearly two months because of Southern California’s wildfires.

Price gouging, including for rental housing, is illegal during a state of emergency, which was declared by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Jan. 7. During emergencies, landlords are prohibited from raising rental housing prices by more than 10% of the previously advertised price.

According to The New York Times, Zuckerberg met with Trump adviser Stephen Miller in late November and was told by Miller that he could help America, but on Trump’s terms. Miller said that Trump was taking on diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, as well as cracking down on immigration.

In the next few months, many Americans will be focused on getting their tax documents together to complete their 2024 returns. Crypto investors should also be aware that

Despite improving conditions, the City of Angels has tragically morphed into a county of ashes for many. The grim reality for countless residents and business owners is that their homes and livelihoods have been destroyed from the ongoing wildfires in Southern California.