X (formerly Twitter) has introduced a new tab on its explore page, giving users a verticle video tab, similar to TikTok and Instagram.

TikTok faces U.S. ban on Jan. 19, leaving 170M users scrambling for alternatives amid national security concerns and data privacy debates.

TikTok's services are restored in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump pledged to sign an executive order to save it. It's been a wild 24 hours to say the least — starting with TikTok preemptively shutting down the app for users from 10:30pm on January 18.

As TikTok mentioned, the company is hoping that Donald Trump will bring it back online after he officially becomes the next U.S. President on January 20, but there has been no definite word as of yet. He did, however, say to NBC News in an interview on January 18 that he will "most likely" delay the ban for 90 days.

In a move to capitalize on the uncertainty surrounding TikTok, X has introduced a new tab specifically for vertical videos. While X already offered short-form videos accessible through scrolling the feed, the new tab consolidates them into a central location.

After a federal ban took effect preventing Americans from using TikTok, thousands posted on X and other platforms to share their (often hilarious) reactions

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TikTok is very much alive, but that hasn’t stopped pretty much every other platform from attempting to tear it apart like vultures at the trash heap. Instagram changed their profile interface to ...

Trump's most recent plan for TikTok centers on demands that the United States be given a 50% ownership position in the app under any proposed deal.

According to NPR, Apple and Google still have yet to re-add TikTok to their app stores, so new users can’t join just yet. Software updates also can’t happen, and in-app purchases are severely hobbled. So don’t delete Red Note just yet.

After various videos and comments about wanting to buy TikTok so it doesn’t get banned, MrBeast has helped put in an offer.

When TikTok went off the air (to use a very old-fashioned phrase), there was a scramble to find an alternative to its shortform video feed — and a similar scramble by various social networks to provide that alternative. (In fact, while I was writing this, Tumblr launched its new Tumblr TV feature.) The question is: how successful are they?