According to a study by Oxford Economics, roughly 58,000 small businesses use TikTok in Connecticut which added $310 million to the state's GDP in 2023.

The Chinese app Xiaohongshu, referred to as RedNote by TikTok creators, became the top downloaded app in the U.S. this week.

TikTokers in our state are scrambling to figure out what to do following the Supreme Court decision. It ruled a ban on the app can go forward, potentially as soon as Sunday. “It all kind of feels like a prank.

A Connecticut teen and five other Assumption University students were charged in connection to a “TikTok plot” aiming to confront a falsely accused sexual predator. Crews battled an apartment fire on Ward St. late Thursday night into Friday morning. Meteorologist Scot Haney says plowable snow is in the forecast for Sunday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the social media video app unless it is sold by its China-based parent company.

TikTok and ByteDance argued that Biden's decision violated free speech protection granted through the First Amendment and that the ban was unconstitutional. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. rejected their argument in December and ruled to uphold the Biden law .

The app allows users to upload short-form videos and post photos like on TikTok, but technology experts and government insiders worry that RedNote poses more of a threat to security and privacy than TikTok does — the primary reason for the potential ban.

Kathleen Roche, the person behind Connecticut Bucket List on Tiktok and Instagram began the accounts as a passion after moving back to Connecticut from college. Angelica Toruno Jan 15, 2025, 10:01 PM

Moments after the Supreme Court upheld Congress’s ban Friday on the popular video-sharing app, Trump claimed he would be making a “decision” regarding its future in the American market, potentially sidestepping two branches of the U.S. government.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision could come Friday in the case about whether TikTok must shut down in a few days under a federal law that seeks to force its sale by the Chinese company that owns the social media platform.

Former 'Nanny 911' star Deborah Finck was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma five years ago. She and her family, including daughter Katerina and husband Paul, documented her cancer journey on TikTok and Instagram as her illness progressed.