TikTok is playing a growing role in how Kenyan audiences find and interact with films and television shows, with the platform highlighting its impact on viewing habits driven by user-created content. According to the platform, its community has become a key hub for sharing and discovering entertainment, especially when users …
Read More »Facebook Still King of Social Media in 2025
As of February 2025, Facebook continues to lead as the most widely used social media platform globally, with 3.07 billion monthly active users, according to Statista. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel YouTube ranks second with 2.53 billion users, while Instagram and WhatsApp are tied for third place, each …
Read More »TikTok Returns to U.S. App Stores as Trump Delays Ban
TikTok returned to the Apple and Google app stores in the U.S. on Thursday after President Donald Trump postponed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media platform, assuring the tech companies they wouldn’t face penalties for distributing or hosting the app. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The widely-used …
Read More »Musk Says He Has No Interest in Acquiring TikTok
Elon Musk has stated that he is not interested in buying TikTok, the popular short-video app that the U.S. has been attempting to ban due to national security concerns related to its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Musk made these remarks in late January, which were shared online by The WELT …
Read More »Father Confesses to Killing Daughter Over TikTok Videos in Pakistan
A man who recently returned to Pakistan with his family from the United States has confessed to killing his teenage daughter over objections to her TikTok videos, police confirmed to the BBC. Anwar ul-Haq, a US citizen, admitted to shooting his 13- or 14-year-old daughter, Hira Anwar, in the southwestern …
Read More »TikTok Goes Offline in US Hours Before Ban
TikTok is unavailable online in the United States, just hours before a new law banning the platform goes into effect. A message that appeared in the app for US users said a law banning TikTok had been passed, meaning “you cannot use TikTok at this time”. “We are fortunate that …
Read More »TikTok Warns of Shutdown Sunday Without US Government Action
TikTok has said it will be forced to “suspend services” in the United States on Sunday if the government does not intervene before the ban goes into effect. In a statement on Friday, it said the White House and the Justice Department “failed to provide the necessary transparency and assurances …
Read More »How is Africa benefiting from the US TikTok ban?
By:BBC TikTok is expected to be banned in the United States on January 19 after the country’s highest court rejected a petition filed by the network’s owner, ByteDance, seeking to overturn the ban. The court has ruled that the law banning the social network does not violate the fundamental rights …
Read More »Supreme Court Clears Way for TikTok Ban
The White House has just released a statement following the Supreme Court’s decision. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stresses that President Biden’s position on TikTok has been that it should be available in the United States, but under American ownership or ownership that addresses national security concerns. “President Biden’s position on …
Read More »TikTok Calls Report of US Sale to Musk “Pure Fiction”
TikTok has dismissed a report claiming that China is considering selling the social media platform’s US operations to Elon Musk as “pure fiction.” The company’s response followed a Bloomberg report suggesting that Chinese officials are evaluating the possibility of selling TikTok’s US business to Musk if the US Supreme Court …
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