Roughly 170 million American TikTok users started 2025 bracing themselves for the app's proposed ban on Jan. 19. TikTok went dark for U.S. users for about 12 hours before becoming available again ...

MANILA, Philippines — A bill to institutionalize the ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) has been approved by the House of Representatives on second reading. During the session ...

No new positions are allowed when the stock exchanges place F&O contracts in a particular stock in the ban period.(Photo: NSE) F&O ban list:The National Stock Exchange (NSE) banned trading in nine ...

A bipartisan pair of lawmakers are introducing a measure this week to ban Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from government devices, arguing the app “compromises American users ...

EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Pam Bondi will issue several major directives on her first day leading the Justice Department, including orders to combat the weaponization of the legal system; make ...

TikTok could soon be gone from the US. The app's future is uncertain because of a divest-or-ban law passed in 2024 that requires Chinese owner ByteDance to separate from its US assets. President ...

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TikTok has gone dark — as the platform said would happen if the ban came into force on Sunday. 170 million users were shut out even before the midnight deadline, and while TikTok has said it is ...

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This is extreme adherence to the ban, but you can understand TikTok taking that approach given the publicity and the political sensitivity. Working around the ban — if you can — is not ...

Sadly, the US CapCut ban prevents all American residents from using their favorite video editor. Following the bombastic TikTok ban in the USA, CapCut stopped providing its services to this ...

"Enhanced screening and vetting" could slow progress that's been made on clearing visa backlogs — a critical step for increasing travel to the U.S. Trump plans to reinstate a travel ban with ...