The app was beloved by lip-syncing teens, bewildering to everyone else — and way more influential than it ever got credit for.

Mark Cuban tried to invest in Musical.ly, the platform that would become TikTok. Cuban says the platform lost its spark, becoming "corporate." In an interview, Cuban said focusing on monetization ...

Trump's new declaration seeks to invalidate ByteDance's purchase of Musical.ly, the precursor to TikTok, claiming it raised national security issues.