Joaquin Smith, an 18-year-old West Haven native, is part of a group of students at a Massachusetts college charged in a "catch a predator" style plot.
According to a study by Oxford Economics, roughly 58,000 small businesses use TikTok in Connecticut which added $310 million to the state's GDP in 2023.
Shierka Billips runs SVG On Demand from her basement in the Oakdale section of Montville. She said TikTok is a huge part of her revenue and she’s made hundreds of thousands of dollars on the app. “I’m emotional,
Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.
The fate of the TikTok app has been sealed: the Supreme Court upheld the ban, meaning the app will be unavailable in the U.S. starting on Sunday. Lawmakers say that the
TikTok and ByteDance argued that Biden's decision violated free speech protection granted through the First Amendment and that the ban was unconstitutional. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. rejected their argument in December and ruled to uphold the Biden law .
The Chinese app Xiaohongshu, referred to as RedNote by TikTok creators, became the top downloaded app in the U.S. this week.
TikTokers in our state are scrambling to figure out what to do following the Supreme Court decision. It ruled a ban on the app can go forward, potentially as soon as Sunday. “It all kind of feels like a prank.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the social media video app unless it is sold by its China-based parent company.
Former 'Nanny 911' star Deborah Finck was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma five years ago. She and her family, including daughter Katerina and husband Paul, documented her cancer journey on TikTok and Instagram as her illness progressed.
As TikTok braces for its anticipated ban on Sunday, users are flocking to other social media platforms with similar features.
A Connecticut teen and five other Assumption University students were charged in connection to a “TikTok plot” aiming to confront a falsely accused sexual predator.