As ByteDance-owned TikTok faces a complete ban in the US on 19th January, many of the 170 million Americans who use the app are switching to the lifestyle-sharing RedNote social media app as an alternative. The RedNote app, popularly known as Xioahongshu in China, meaning “Little Red Book,” is developed by Shanghai-based Xingyin Information Technology. … Read more
Chinese merchants on TikTok are taking precautionary measures to prepare for a looming ban of the short-video app in the United States, including switching to competing platforms and focusing on other overseas markets. Qian Liu, a seller who runs 12 stores on TikTok targeting US consumers, has been marking down inventories and delaying the purchase … Read more
Chinese social media app RedNote has skyrocketed to the top of Apple’s app store, underscoring concerns that TikTok will soon be effectively banned in the U.S. RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, as it’s known in China, is the No. 1 free app on the Apple app store as of Monday, followed by TikTok’s photo-sharing Lemon8 app and … Read more
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Just 10 days before the U.S. ban on TikTok goes into effect, businessman Frank McCourt’s internet advocacy group Project Liberty announced Thursday it has submitted a proposal to buy the social media site from Chinese technology company ByteDance. Project Liberty and its partners, known as “The People’s Bid … Read more
Democratic Senator Ed Markey and Republican Senator Rand Paul on Thursday urged President Joe Biden to extend by 90 days a January 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to sell the US assets of its short-video app TikTok or face a ban. The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will consider the legal challenge of TikTok … Read more
New York — Purdue Pharma on Tuesday received U.S. court approval for a 60-day freeze on lawsuits against its owners — members of the wealthy Sackler family — in its first court appearance since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling upended its bankruptcy settlement. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane granted an injunction at a court … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone on Thursday, turning back a challenge from anti-abortion advocates. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the pill in 2000, and it’s currently used in more than 60% of U.S. abortions. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court … Read more
The Supreme Court has announced that it will hear Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity on April 25, marking the final day of oral arguments. The roots of this case trace back to a lower court’s dismissal of Trump’s immunity plea, contending that he was shielded from prosecution for the actions he took as president … Read more
