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A U.S. airman has been charged with coercing a 9-year-old girl to share sexually explicit images of herself after he posed as a 13-year-old and chatted with the child.

TikToker Joshua Blackledge—whose account had more than 1 million followers—has died at the age of 16, according to an obituary shared online.  

Vice President JD Vance expressed confidence Friday that a deal to sell TikTok and keep the social media app running in the U.S. would largely be in place by an April deadline, NBC News reported.

The Albanian Cabinet decided Thursday to halt TikTok for 12 months, blaming the popular platform for inciting violence and bullying.

TikTok has returned to the Apple and Google app stores.

Videos circulating on TikTok capture pilots and crew members comforting passengers who have become more fearful of flying after two back-to-back crashes in January.

The vice president has been asked to lead White House efforts to broker a deal that would keep the popular video app accessible to U.S. users.

The fund would serve as an economic development tool and perhaps be used to buy TikTok.

TP-Link routers, among Amazon best sellers and according to some estimates up to 65% of the U.S. market, are on the radar of the U.S. government.

After stepping in to restore TikTok in the U.S. and delaying a law that would effectively ban the app, Trump is looking for avenues to keep the popular platform afloat. 

YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison are names that have floated around in the past week.

After briefly going dark in the U.S., TikTok is back online following an executive order. That’s not good for young users, says NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that gives TikTok a 75-day extension during which the United States will not enforce the law meant to force the app’s owner to sell the company.

Bay Area content creators say they feel uneasy about how TikTok’s uncertain future will impact their businesses.

American star Coco Gauff mourned the loss of TikTok, writing “RIP TikTok USA” on a TV camera lens and drawing a broken heart after winning a match at the Australian Open.

TikTok said Sunday that it would be restoring service to U.S. users after blocking it the evening before.

In a statement, senators disputed President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day extension to bring the app back.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump also laid out his vision for what a qualified divestiture of TikTok by ByteDance could look like.

TikTok users are being told the app is not currently available as the government’s ban is set to go into effect Jan. 19.

Trump spoke to NBC News’ Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app.