The Trump administration has refused to back down from the TikTok ultimatum that the US President Donald Trump decided on few weeks ago. Trump, few days ago, decided to ban all new downloads of the Chinese app TikTok from Sunday.

US to not back down from TikTok ban; court hearing on Sunday

The chinese short-video app TikTok is requesting a federal court to block the US President Donald Trump from banning the app in the US. TikTok has alleged that Trump is using their app as an agenda to further his campaign for the upcoming US elections, scheduled for November 03.

TikTok asks court to block Trump's ban claiming it to be US elections' agenda

TikTok's owner ByteDance said Thursday it has applied for a Chinese technology export license as it tries to complete a deal with Oracle and Walmart to keep the popular video app operating in the United States.

TikTok's owner ByteDance applies for Chinese license to close US deal

TikTok's takeover deal in the US now hit yet another road block. TikTok's parent company ByteDance and prospective buyer Oracle has now issued conflicting statements regarding the deal.

TikTok's takeover deal in the US now hit yet another road block

Video-sharing app TikTok said on Saturday it had already committed to the US government oversight of data security in the country. It added it was "disappointed" by the Trump administration's decision to ban it from US app stores from Sunday.

TikTok says it already committed to government oversight of US data security

The TikTok debacle seems to be coming to an end as the Chinese company has proposed for Oracle to be its US technology provider and Walmart as a commercial partner.

TikTok proposes new deal with Oracle and Walmart; Trump gives his blessings

US President Donald Trump delays the ban on downloading TikTok after he gave green signal to a deal proposed between TikTok & US company Oracle.

Trump green lights Oracle’s TikTok agreement and delays ban on the app

China said Saturday it had officially implemented a mechanism enabling it to restrict foreign entities, a much-anticipated move seen as retaliation to US penalties against Chinese companies such as telecom giant Huawei.

China launches counter-mechanism to US sanctions list

After weeks of planning a way out, TikTok is coming close to a deadline. While TikTok is still trying to work out a deal with American companies that satisfies the US President Donald Trump, he has ordered a ban of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat from Sunday citing national security concerns.

China asks US to stop 'bullying' after Trump bans TikTok and WeChat; threatens retaliation

The Trump administration has ordered a ban on China's TikTok and WeChat operations from Sunday citing national security concerns. Also Read: Trump not happy with Oracle having minority shares in TikTok "The Chinese Communist Party has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the US," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement.

US to ban TikTok and WeChat downloads from September 20

TikTok's deadline to sell its US shares is fast approaching, but the deal has still not been finalised. Hoewever, the US President Donald Trump has made it clear that the Chinese-owned company will not get any extensions.

Trump not happy with Oracle having minority shares in TikTok

Microsoft on Sunday said its offer to buy TikTok has been rejected, with reports suggesting coming Oracle and Bytedance are likely to notch a deal. "ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok's US operations to Microsoft," the US tech giant, in a statement, said, adding that their proposal was would have been "good" for TikTok users while "protecting national security interests".

Microsoft's offer to buy TikTok rejected; Oracle likely to partner

After news broke out that ByteDance may miss the deadline set for the TikTok deal, the US President Donald Trump has said there will be no extensions for the China-owned company.

'There will be no extension': Trump says on TikTok deadline

ByteDance, the owner of popular short-video app TikTok, is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

ByteDance to invest billions, recruit hundreds in Singapore in three years: Source

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China's foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app.

If WeChat is banned, no reason why Chinese shall keep iPhone and apple products: Foreign ministry

US retail giant Walmart said Thursday it had teamed with Microsoft in a bid to buy Chinese-owned short-form video app TikTok. The app has been at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 6 giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business with its Chinese parent company ByteDance.

Walmart says teaming with Microsoft in bid for TikTok

TikTok has pulled down more than 380,000 videos in the US this year as part of a mission to "eliminate hate" on the platform. TikTok also banned some 1,300 accounts for breaking rules against hateful content or behaviour, and deleted 64,000 comments on similar grounds, it said on Thursday.

TikTok removes 380,000 videos in US for hate content

Software giant Oracle is weighing a bid to join Microsoft in the race to acquire part of TikTok, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Oracle joins bid to acquire TikTok's US operations: Report

TikTok, the video sharing app, has come forward and denied all accusations made by the US President Donald Trump and has labelled it as "rumors and misinformation".

Setting the record straight: TikTok denies Trump's accusations

China on Monday slammed Washington for using "digital gunboat diplomacy" after US President Donald Trump ordered TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell its interest in the Musical.

China blasts US 'digital gunboat diplomacy' over TikTok

The US President Donald Trump has been a very vocal hater of the popular video sharing app TikTok with Chinese roots. He recently gave an ultimatum to the Chinese parent company ByteDance to handover its US operations to a US-based company or face a complete ban in the US.

Amid TikTok controversy, Trump gets verified account on Triller

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday during a press conference that he was "looking into" whether Chinese technology giant Alibaba should be banned in the United States.

Donald Trump says considering ban on Chinese firm Alibaba after TikTok

The US President Donald Trump, in another series of orders against the Chinese company ByteDance, has ordered ByteDance to divest its interest in TikTok's operations in the US within 90 days.

Trump claims to possess evidence against ByteDance; orders to divest interest in TikTok within 90 days

More users in the United States downloaded chat app WeChat and its encrypted alternative Signal, after President Donald Trump threatened to ban WeChat, owned by Chinese company Tencent, according to Sensor Tower data shared with Reuters on Thursday.

WeChat, Signal users in US increase after Trump threatens ban

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