U.S. TikTok users who once saw the app as a haven for free speech say they see signs of censorship after the platform, which is owned by China's ByteDance, was revived by an executive order from President Donald Trump.

In the days leading up to the TikTok ban in the U.S. on Sunday, U.S. users flooded the Chinese app RedNote, which offered a similar experience to their

In the days approaching January 19, 2025, millions of TikTok content creators and consumers prepared to say their final goodbyes to the app. After a TikTok ban was passed in Congress, requiring the app either to be sold to an American company on an impossible timeline or to go dark,