Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

TikTok has become a global phenomenon, with a reported 1.9 billion users worldwide (an estimated 170 million in the United States alone) and an algorithm that can make almost anyone go viral. But the ...

For years, TikTok leadership tried to convince the United States that the popular social media app used by as many as 170 million Americans was not a threat to national security. It lost that fight ...

President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban, escalating a massive threat to the company’s US operations. Congress had passed the bill this week as part of a ...