BEIJING, July 8 — Chinese tech company ByteDance has denied reports that it has agreed to sell a controlling stake in the TikTok social network to a United States (US) consortium led by Oracle, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti, quoting Chinese media reports on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, June 17 — United States (US) President Donald Trump has said he would likely extend a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the US assets of short video app TikTok.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 — President-elect Donald Trump would not rule out continued Chinese ownership of TikTok if steps were taken to ensure American users’ data is protected and stored in the United States, incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz told CNN today.

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 — TikTok warned that it will go dark in the United States (US) on Sunday unless President Joe Biden's administration provides assurances to companies like Apple and Google that it will not face enforcement actions when a ban takes effect.

MOSCOW, Jan 16 — United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump is considering using an executive order to prevent the TikTok app from being banned in the United States (US), citing people familiar with the matter, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

MOSCOW, Jan 15 — Chinese social network TikTok is preparing to shut down its app for users in the United States (US) on January 19, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti, citing The Information news portal on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 — The lawyer for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance offered a warning during Supreme Court arguments over a law that would compel the sale of the short-video app or ban it in the United States (US): If Congress could do this to TikTok, it could come after other companies as well.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 — Meta Platforms Inc is expected to receive its licence to operate in Malaysia soon, following three other internet messaging and social media service providers — Tencent (WeChat), ByteDance (TikTok), and Telegram.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 1 — Four major Internet messaging and social media service providers have taken significant steps towards regulatory compliance by applying for licences to operate in Malaysia, said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

WASHINGTON, Dec 29 — President-elect Donald Trump has urged the United States Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 — United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump has urged the US Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 — Chinese-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok asked an appeals court on Monday to temporarily block a law that would require that parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok by Jan.

NEW YORK, Dec 7 — TikTok advertisers were in no rush to shift their marketing budgets after a United States (US) appeals court upheld a law on Friday requiring a divestment or ban of the popular Chinese-owned short video app, citing TikTok's continued survival despite years of threats.

JAKARTA, Sept 18 — Alphabet Inc's YouTube and e-commerce platform Shopee have said they are launching an online shopping service in Indonesia and planned to expand it in Southeast Asia as competition picks up with a rival operator owned by TikTok.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 — Lawyers for TikTok and its parent company ByteDance will square off with the Justice Department in a Washington courtroom today over the fate of a law that could ban the short video app used by 170 million Americans as soon as January 19.

WASHINGTON, June 19 — The United States (US) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against the popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice, alleging that they failed to protect children's privacy, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and turn Malaysia into a regional AI hub with a proposed investment of about RM10 billion.

WASHINGTON, April 24 — The US Senate voted late Tuesday to send legislation to President Joe Biden that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest the popular short video app's US assets within about nine months or face a ban.

MOSCOW, March 15 — TikTok's revenues in the United States (US) spiralled up to a record US$16 billion (RM75.2 billion) last year as the social media giant braces for the possibility of being banned in US territory this year.

WASHINGTON, March 14 — The United States (US) House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill today which would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the US assets of the short-video app or face a ban, in the greatest threat to the app since the Trump administration.