But Pence refused to endorse President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Pence and Trump fell out after the January 6th Capitol riot, and Trump, in turn, recently suggested that he wouldn't hire anyone who had worked for his former second-in-command.

A growing number of researchers fear that the controversial app is promoting pro-China content and softening attitudes towards the People’s Republic

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was in talks with multiple people over buying TikTok and would likely have a decision on the app’s future in the next 30 days. “I have spoken to many people about TikTok and there is great interest in TikTok,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One during a flight to Florida.

While some propose an outright ban, others advocate for media literacy initiatives to educate users about online disinformation. As Taiwan navigates these challenges, the government is considering policies to increase transparency in TikTok’s content moderation and algorithmic operations.

A number of TikTok users appear to be turning to an app called RedNote — more commonly known to its majority-Chinese audience by its Chinese name, Xiaohongshu.

Young Taiwanese are increasingly consuming Chinese content on TikTok, which is changing their views on identity and making them less resistant toward China, researchers and politicians were cited as saying by foreign media.

President Donald Trump has drawn a lot of questions over his executive order that’s helping TikTok still work for its existing U.S. users. The questions have included one about why he changed his stance on the Chinese-owned app after working to ban it during his first presidential term.

When refugees from the app showed up on an alternative called RedNote, understanding was fostered.

Despite facing a looming ban, ByteDance and the U.S. government have been locked in a proverbial game of chicken, with TikTok’s parent company refusing to divest more than a year later. Lawmakers and experts have long argued that the firm is beholden to the Chinese government, creating security risks for the app’s American users.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed issues including TikTok, trade and Taiwan in a phone call on Friday, just days before Trump takes office again promising tariffs that could ratchet up tensions between the world's two biggest economies.

America will never come out on top of a tech war with China if it can’t protect even basic civilian infrastructure or government devices from such hacks.

But nowhere is the question of whether TikTok is a tool of Chinese political influence as vital as in Taiwan. Beijing claims the island, home to some 23mn people and the world’s largest producer ...