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Popular TikTok star and influencer Charly Jordan is apologizing for flouting pandemic travel restrictions with a recent trip to Rwanda. Jordan, 21, told her 3.3 Million Instagram followers that she landed in Rwanda “definitely corona-free” last week. “Crazy where the world is right now,” she added, according to Vulture. She posted some silverback gorilla content …

The Trump Administration’s looming TikTok ban may be just the beginning. The US government is scrutinizing a number of other apps owned by Chinese-based companies to see if they pose a national security threat, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Thursday. Meadows did not specify what apps the administration might target, but his …

Coffee makes her tick. One of TikTok’s biggest stars is getting a custom drink named after her. Charli D’Amelio’s go-to Dunkin’ order, a cold brew with whole milk and three pumps of caramel swirl, will henceforth be known as “The Charli.” D’Amelio, who has more than 80 million followers on TikTok and is said to …

Now that’s a mixtape. Andrew Lloyd Webber is puzzling TikTok with a “Phantom of the Opera”-inspired tribute to raunchy rap song “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. The musical reimagining, cleverly titled “Phantom of the WAPera” after the Broadway legend’s 1986 musical (and, well, “WAP”), has amassed 1.9 million views. In the bizarre …

The hotly-anticipated sale of TikTok to an American company is reportedly on hold as parties try to figure out if the app’s secret sauce algorithm will be included in the deal. The mega-popular video app was expected to be acquired as soon as this week, likely by a tag team of Microsoft and Walmart or …

China appears to be putting up roadblocks to TikTok parent ByteDance’s efforts to divest the video-sharing app’s US operations to comply with President Trump’s orders to sell it to a US company by September 15 or see it shut down in the US. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce added 23 items Friday to a list …

For a guy who has pushed massive deregulation, President Trump certainly likes to insert himself into the business world on a granular basis. He ridicules Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos as “Jeff Bozo” and threatens the company’s contracts with the federal government — not because Amazon does a poor job, but because Bezos owns The Washington …

In a luxury mansion in the Hollywood Hills, young TikTok influencers bounced around on a bright sunny morning this week trying out new ideas for zany short-form videos that they hope will go viral. They’re also feeling concerned about their future. Kids Next Door LA is one of a number of TikTok houses set up …

TikTok’s parent company is getting ready to shut down its American operations in the event that a sale doesn’t materialize in the next few months, according to a report. President Trump signed an executive order earlier this month ordering ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US business to a “very American company” or be banned from operating …

Walmart is reportedly entering the fray to acquire popular video app TikTok, and is willing to partner with Microsoft to pull off the deal. The retail juggernaut confirmed its interest in the social media platform to CNBC Thursday morning, saying that the “way TikTok has integrated e-commerce and advertising capabilities in other markets is a …