Court to hear arguments Friday on law forcing TikTok sale by Chinese parent company that takes effect in Jan. 19.

Social media influencers are pushing Lemon8 as a potential US TikTok ban looms, despite it being owned by the same China-based parent company. View on euronews

ByteDance appears to be pushing TikTok users to download Lemon8, an alternative app that more closely mimics Pinterest or Instagram. The TikTok ban law applies to other apps owned by ByteDance (including Lemon8),

The app’s availability in the U.S. has been thrown into jeopardy over data privacy and national security concerns.

The internet advocacy group's proposed purchase would bring TikTok under American ownership and prevent it from being banned in the U.S.

Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and its consortium of partners in The People's Bid said on Thursday they proposed to make a formal bid to ByteDance to buy TikTok's U.