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A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Japan
Social media
TikTok can be a ‘dangerous tool for hatemongers,’ Kenyan govt warns ahead of elections
Monsieur Perine's first album, "Hecho a Mano" was published in 2012. Since then the band has produced two more albums. 
Music
TikTok fame allows Colombian band Monsieur Periné to do its own thing
A man is shown in shadown hearing a hat and looking at a mobile phone with the Statue of Liberty in the background.
US-China relations
Trump to block US downloads of TikTok, WeChat
People walk past a Wechat Pay sign at the Tencent company headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug. 7, 2020.
US-China relations
WeChat users in the US rankled by potential ban on the app
Several people are shown in an Apple store in Beijing with one person in the near ground wearing a t-shirt with "Make TikToks" printed on it.
Top of The World
TikTok, WeChat targeted by Trump executive order; Lebanese president details blast investigation; Russia’s vaccine shortcut
Two women are shown wearing jeans and face masks while walking past the ByteDance headquarters with large English and Chinese writing on the side.
US-China relations
Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat
Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is shown from the side wearing a dark suit and waving his left hand in the air.
Top of The World
Mexico’s president heads to DC for Trump summit; Demonstrators stormed Serbia’s parliament; Harvard, MIT sue immigration authorities
Several people are shown through a stone window with metal bars on it walking.
Top of The World
ICE says international students must take classes in person; TikTok planning to pull out of Hong Kong; More students return to school in South Africa
A man holding a phone walks past a sign of Chinese company ByteDance's app TikTok, known locally as Douyin, at the International Artificial Products Expo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Oct. 18, 2019. 
Social media
Farmers become social media stars on Chinese TikTok