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In recent days it's seemed like there's a greater chance that Americans will be blocked from using the popular app TikTok. A ban wouldn't be simple and could have implications far beyond our phones.

Apple and Google removed the app after the Supreme Court upheld a law prohibiting firms from doing business with TikTok as long as it is controlled by China-based ByteDance.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who is urging Google and Apple to remove the TikTok app from their digital stores, citing security concerns.

While legally questionable, the extension comes just as it appears China and the U.S. may finally have a deal on TikTok's fate.

As of Sunday, no mobile app store in the U.S. will be allowed to distribute or maintain the popular Chinese-owned apps, the Commerce Department says.

With credit card balances rising across the country, an age-old approach is gaining traction on TikTok: tackling debt by paying with cash.

Gov. Greg Gianforte banned the app on state government electronic devices last December, and has said he is concerned about people's user data being compromised by the Chinese government.

TikTok is known as an app where kids show off dance moves. We meet a woman from Nebraska who has become an improbable star, the "Mom of TikTok."

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Alyssa Bereznak of The Ringer about how the social media platform TikTok could serve as the future of music sharing.

TikTok is helping shape a new generation's political identity. And while most politicians aren't using the app, some younger lawmakers are embracing it to try to connect with younger voters.