Under the proposed settlement, which requires court approval, TikTok will pay USD 300 million up front and an additional USD 100 million once a court order vacates a prior consent decree involving TikTok's predecessor, Musical.ly

Taylor Swift's song August has been removed from a TikTok video posted by a Trump-affiliated account after the track was used in a clip featuring Donald and Melania Trump. The audio later disappeared from the post, with TikTok showing that the sound was unavailable