U.S. TikTok servers went down for roughly 12 hours over the weekend, starting on the night of January 18. American users are now reporting a spike in censorship of political commentary and criticism since the app has been back up and running in the States,

President Donald Trump's flurry of day-one actions included a reprieve for TikTok, the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an order on social media "censorship," a declaration of an energy emergency, and reversal of a Biden order on artificial intelligence.

After a US law temporarily forced Americans to find a new home for their short-video habit, TikTok clone Likee saw a surge in usage.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok’s CEO Shou ZI Chew both attended the inauguration, alongside former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the first tech boss to hitch his wagon to Trump.

Users looking for a TikTok alternative learn about daily life in China, but some posts are taboo.

China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.

If the U.S. believes TikTok is a clear and present danger to ... or anyone else’s — should be countered with state censorship, rather than counter-speech, marks an ideological abandonment ...

As self-described " TikTok refugees" pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign netizens are already running up against the country's extensive censorship apparatus. Newsweek reached out to Xiaohongshu with a request for comment via a general contact email address.

Poof! That’s what’s at stake for millions of TikTok creators and small businesses as the Supreme Court heard emergency oral arguments in the case against the rabidly popular app. TikTok isn’t just some time-wasting social media app.

Is TikTok’s time up? The popular video platform finds itself at the center of yet another whirlwind of controversy.

TikTok has restored service in the U.S. less than 24 hours after its nationwide shutdown. On Sunday, Jan. 19, TikTok announced on X, via an official statement shared to its policy account, that it is "in the process of restoring service" to Americans after going dark the night prior .