TikTok | Clock is ticking for internet giant
4 years, 4 months ago

TikTok | Clock is ticking for internet giant

The Hindu  

In an executive order issued on August 6, U.S. President Donald Trump gave the hugely popular short video-sharing social media app TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, 45 days to find a buyer. The order on TikTok pointed to the app’s links to the Communist Party of China, saying all data collected by it “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information” and “may also be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit” the party. It also specifically mentioned India’s June 29 ban on TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, which the Indian government decided “pose threat to sovereignty and integrity of India”, citing “compilation of…data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India.” The moves in India and the U.S. — TikTok’s two biggest markets, with more than 400 million downloads in India and 175 million downloads in the U.S. — have brought the remarkable global rise of an unlikely social media phenomenon to a screeching halt. He pledged all his companies would “strengthen the work of Party construction, carrying out education among our entire staff on the four consciousnesses, socialist core values, guidance of public opinion, and laws and regulations, truly acting on the company’s social responsibility.” Indeed, the rise of TikTok has triggered a debate about how - and whether - open societies can engage with Chinese firms that operate, back home, under their own laws, and without the checks and balances and transparency that applies elsewhere.

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One billion users, but controversies mount up for TikTok
3 days, 16 hours ago

One billion users, but controversies mount up for TikTok

Hindustan Times  

TikTok's breakneck rise from niche video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to China. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday the government would shut down social network TikTok for at least a year from 2025. The EU is probing whether far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu's surprise victory in the first round …

TikTok the thug of the neighbourhood, says PM as Albania shuts down app for at least a year
4 days, 13 hours ago

TikTok the thug of the neighbourhood, says PM as Albania shuts down app for at least a year

New Indian Express  

TIRANA: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Saturday that the government will shut down social network TikTok for at least a year starting at the beginning of 2025. During a meeting in Tirana with Albanian teachers, parents and psychologists Rama said that "TikTok is the thug of the neighbourhood". The killing sparked a debate in the country among parents, psychologists …

What Billionaire Frank McCourt Would Actually Do With TikTok
1 week, 5 days ago

What Billionaire Frank McCourt Would Actually Do With TikTok

Wired  

TikTok’s future in the United States is murkier than ever after a federal appeals court upheld a law last week that could force the app to sell its US operations or be banned as early as January 19. One possibility is that president-elect Donald Trump could find a way to “save” the beloved platform come January, something he promised to …

Apple and Google must prepare to remove TikTok from app stores by Jan. 19, lawmakers warn
1 week, 5 days ago

Apple and Google must prepare to remove TikTok from app stores by Jan. 19, lawmakers warn

CNN  

Reuters — Google-parent Alphabet and Apple must be ready to remove TikTok from their U.S. app stores on January 19, two US lawmakers said in a letter to the companies’ CEOs Friday. Separately, Moolenaar and Krishnamoorthi also urged TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to sell the app: “Congress has acted decisively to defend the national security of the United States …

TikTok files challenge against Canadian government order to dissolve its business in the country
2 weeks ago

TikTok files challenge against Canadian government order to dissolve its business in the country

Associated Press  

TikTok has challenged a Canadian government order to shut down the Chinese video-sharing app’s business operations in the country that was imposed over national security concerns. The Canadian federal government last month announced it was ordering the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada Inc. after a national security review of its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. TikTok argues in its court …

ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US crackdown law
2 weeks, 2 days ago

ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US crackdown law

Al Jazeera  

The companies have asked an appeals court to temporarily block the law that would enforce a ban on the app in the United States. China-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok have asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law that would require that parent company ByteDance divest TikTok by January 19 or face a ban, pending a review …

TikTok and its owner ask for temporary block to law that could result in the app’s US ban
2 weeks, 2 days ago

TikTok and its owner ask for temporary block to law that could result in the app’s US ban

CNN  

Chinese-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok asked an appeals court Monday to temporarily block a law that would require parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok by January 19 or face a ban in the United States, pending a review by the US Supreme Court. The companies filed the emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the District …

TikTok facing US ban after losing appeal agains Biden govt's law requiring ByteDance divestment
2 weeks, 4 days ago

TikTok facing US ban after losing appeal agains Biden govt's law requiring ByteDance divestment

Firstpost  

The popular video-sharing app is expected to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court while seeking support from Trump, who has become an unlikely ally in opposing the ban While TikTok has distanced itself publicly from China, ByteDance’s role remains evident. Reuters TikTok is facing a potential US ban after losing a court appeal Friday against a law requiring its …

TikTok’s U.S. presence in jeopardy as judges back potential ban
Trending News
2 weeks, 5 days ago

TikTok’s U.S. presence in jeopardy as judges back potential ban

Salon  

In April, legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden threatened to ban TikTok in the U.S. if the platform's China-based parent company ByteDance refused to sell to an American owner by Jan. 19, 2025, and with the deadline looming and no such sale underway, stateside fans of the popular video share site are getting nervous. …

TikTok is one step closer to being banned in the US
2 weeks, 5 days ago

TikTok is one step closer to being banned in the US

CNN  

New York CNN — TikTok has lost its bid to strike down a law that could result in the platform being banned in the United States. Denying TikTok’s argument that the law was unconstitutional, the judges found that the law does not “contravene the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States,” nor does it “violate the Fifth Amendment …

TikTok lost a major legal bid to avoid a U.S. ban. Now what?
2 weeks, 5 days ago

TikTok lost a major legal bid to avoid a U.S. ban. Now what?

LA Times  

A visitor passes the TikTok exhibition stands at the Gamescom computer gaming fair in Cologne, Germany, in 2022. “Here the Government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary’s ability to gather data on people in the United States.” Legal experts said they expect TikTok will appeal its case to the Supreme …

The Future of TikTok Is Being Decided This Week
2 weeks, 6 days ago

The Future of TikTok Is Being Decided This Week

Wired  

Republicans and Democrats sank ungodly amounts of money into creating content for TikTok this election year, but there’s a chance the app might not be around in the US come next cycle. The law put in place a system that would ban TikTok if the app’s parent company, Bytedance, didn’t sell to a US-based owner by January 19, 2025. Soon, …

Court upholds a U.S. ban on TikTok
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Court upholds a U.S. ban on TikTok

NPR  

Court upholds a U.S. ban on TikTok toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law banning TikTok nationwide unless the viral video app was sold off by its China-based parent company, rejecting TikTok's claim that the crackdown violates the free speech rights of millions of Americans. In its ruling, the court said that it …

TikTok seeking Musk's advice ahead of potential ban in the US, incoming Trump administration
1 month ago

TikTok seeking Musk's advice ahead of potential ban in the US, incoming Trump administration

Firstpost  

The US administration, under outgoing President Joe Biden, had been raising alarms that TikTok could be compelled to share user data with the Chinese government. Leadership at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, a Chinese tech firm, views Musk as a potential intermediary to the incoming administration. TikTok’s troubles in the US The US administration, under outgoing President Joe Biden, had been …

Trump wanted to ban TikTok. Will his return to office help save it?
1 month ago

Trump wanted to ban TikTok. Will his return to office help save it?

LA Times  

The fate of TikTok in the U.S. has been up in the air since 2020, when then-President Trump moved to ban the popular video app because of national security concerns. One hitch: Trump recently changed his mind, joining TikTok in June and posting on social media, “Those who want to save TikTok in America, vote for Trump.” “We’re not doing …

China's ByteDance values itself at $300 bn despite a looming threat to its business, what's the maths
1 month ago

China's ByteDance values itself at $300 bn despite a looming threat to its business, what's the maths

Firstpost  

Despite facing the threat of a possible ban in the US, TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance has set its valuation at $300 billion, the highest seen to date, but what’s the reason behind it? ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, has set its valuation at $300 billion, one of the highest ever till date. ByteDance facing threat of ban …

Trump led the charge to ban TikTok. Now he says he’ll save it
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump led the charge to ban TikTok. Now he says he’ll save it

Al Jazeera  

Trump has pledged to ‘save’ popular Chinese-owned app despite signing an order to ban it during his first term. On the campaign trail, Trump, who signed an executive order seeking to ban the app during his first term, pledged to “save TikTok” but neither he nor his transition team have disclosed further details about what this might mean for ByteDance. …

Canada Orders Dissolution Of TikTok's Business In The Country But Won't Block App
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Canada Orders Dissolution Of TikTok's Business In The Country But Won't Block App

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING TORONTO — Canada announced Wednesday it won’t block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind it. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said it is meant to address risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc. “The …

Canada orders TikTok’s Canadian business to be dissolved but won’t block app
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Canada orders TikTok’s Canadian business to be dissolved but won’t block app

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Canada announced Wednesday it won’t block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind it. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said it is meant to address risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc. “The government is not …

Canada orders TikTok's Canadian business to be dissolved but won't block app
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Canada orders TikTok's Canadian business to be dissolved but won't block app

New Indian Express  

TikTok is wildly popular with young people, but its Chinese ownership has raised fears that Beijing could use it to collect data on Western users or push pro-China narratives and misinformation. TikTok faces intensifying scrutiny from Europe and America over security and data privacy. Canada previously banned TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices. Michael Geist, Canada research chair in Internet …

Canada orders TikTok's Canadian business to be dissolved but won't block app
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Canada orders TikTok's Canadian business to be dissolved but won't block app

NPR  

Canada orders TikTok's Canadian business to be dissolved but won't block app toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP TORONTO — Canada announced Wednesday it won’t block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind it. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said it is meant to …

TikTok’s Defense Strategy Involves Throwing Shein and Temu Under the Bus
3 months ago

TikTok’s Defense Strategy Involves Throwing Shein and Temu Under the Bus

Wired  

TikTok went all out to defend itself in a court hearing last Monday, to block a law that could force TikTok to be sold or banned in the United States. Earlier this year, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which aims to prevent national security threats from apps like TikTok, took less than two months to pass …

TikTok to begin appeal against possible US ban
3 months, 1 week ago

TikTok to begin appeal against possible US ban

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy TikTok will go head-to-head with …

TikTok disputes U.S. claims on China ties in court appeal
4 months, 1 week ago

TikTok disputes U.S. claims on China ties in court appeal

The Hindu  

TikTok told a federal appeals court on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has mis-stated the social media app's ties to China, urging the court to overturn a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban. TikTok said on Thursday it is undisputed that the app's content recommendation engine and user data are stored …

US Govt Lawyers Say TikTok Collected User Data Around Specific Subjects: All Details
4 months, 3 weeks ago

US Govt Lawyers Say TikTok Collected User Data Around Specific Subjects: All Details

News 18  

WASHINGTON: In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about U.S. users, information that has wound up being …

TikTok collected user views on abortion and gun control, U.S. Justice Department says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok collected user views on abortion and gun control, U.S. Justice Department says

The Hindu  

In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about U.S. users, information that has wound up being stored …

TikTok collected views of US users on abortion, gun control: Justice Department
4 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok collected views of US users on abortion, gun control: Justice Department

India Today  

In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about US users, information that has wound up being stored …

US Government Accuses TikTok Of Collecting User Views On Issues Like Abortion And Gun Control
4 months, 4 weeks ago

US Government Accuses TikTok Of Collecting User Views On Issues Like Abortion And Gun Control

News 18  

In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department late Friday accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about U.S. users, information that has wound up being …

Justice Dept. claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Justice Dept. claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control

Hindustan Times  

WASHINGTON — In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department late Friday accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control Government lawyers …

Justice Department says TikTok collected U.S. user views on issues like abortion and gun control
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Justice Department says TikTok collected U.S. user views on issues like abortion and gun control

LA Times  

The Justice Department has made new accusations against TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based parent company ByteDance. In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on their views about divisive social issues such as gun control, abortion and …

Nation States versus globalization: The question of TikTok bans
5 months, 1 week ago

Nation States versus globalization: The question of TikTok bans

Hindustan Times  

With the end of World War II, countries and communities across the globe looked for paradigms, norms, legislations, and mechanisms in general to ensure that the horrors of the two World Wars are never witnessed again. An example of how technology flows can create conflict is that of the bans of the Chinese app TikTok across the world. Concerns that …

This country banned TikTok. What became of its influencers?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

This country banned TikTok. What became of its influencers?

LA Times  

Is there life after TikTok? “When it got banned, I had nothing,” recalled Gaurav Jain, who was one of the country’s more than 200 million TikTok users. “I don’t think the average TikTok user has synthesized in their brain that this is going away,” said Lawrence Vincent, associate professor of the practice of marketing at USC’s Marshall School of Business. …

TikTok says US refused to engage in serious settlement talks
6 months ago

TikTok says US refused to engage in serious settlement talks

Al Jazeera  

ByteDance said US government prefers to shut down than work on an ‘effective solution’ to protect US users. Legislation signed in April by President Joe Biden gives ByteDance until January of next year to divest TikTok’s US assets or face a ban on the app used by 170 million Americans. The company also made public a redacted version of a …

Appeals court to hear challenges to potential U.S. TikTok ban on September 16
6 months, 1 week ago

Appeals court to hear challenges to potential U.S. TikTok ban on September 16

The Hindu  

A U.S. appeals court on Monday said it will hold oral arguments on September 16 on legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by January 19 or face a ban. On May 14, a group of TikTok creators filed suit to block the law that could ban the app used by 170 million …

Trump tried to ban TikTok, now he’s joined it: So what changed?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump tried to ban TikTok, now he’s joined it: So what changed?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” then-president …

'It's an honour': Trump joins Tiktok after once trying to ban platform, instantly gets 3 million followers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

'It's an honour': Trump joins Tiktok after once trying to ban platform, instantly gets 3 million followers

India TV News  

Washington: Former US President and Republican presidential contender Donald Trump officially joined the China-owned short video-sharing platform TikTok, after once trying to ban the app during his term in the White House. "It's an honour," Trump said in the TikTok video, which features footage of him waving to fans and posing for selfies at the Ultimate Fighting Championship fight in …

Trump joins TikTok and calls it ‘an honor.’ As president he once tried to ban the video-sharing app
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump joins TikTok and calls it ‘an honor.’ As president he once tried to ban the video-sharing app

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC fight two days after he became the first former president and presumptive major party nominee in U.S. history to be found guilty on felony …

U.S. court to hear challenges to potential TikTok ban in September
6 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. court to hear challenges to potential TikTok ban in September

The Hindu  

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by January 19 or face a ban. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ordered the case set for oral arguments in September after TikTok, ByteDance and a group of …

TikTok curbs state-affiliated media amid foreign influence fears
7 months ago

TikTok curbs state-affiliated media amid foreign influence fears

Al Jazeera  

Video-sharing app says state-backed accounts will not be recommended or allowed to advertise outside home countries. TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, has announced new curbs on state-affiliated media amid concerns about foreign interference in a major election year. The Chinese-owned platform said on Thursday that state-affiliated media accounts would no longer be recommended in users’ feeds or allowed to advertise …

TikTok content creators sue the U.S. government over law that could ban the popular platform
7 months, 1 week ago

TikTok content creators sue the U.S. government over law that could ban the popular platform

The Hindu  

Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. Government on May 14, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year. Attorneys for the creators argued in the lawsuit that the law violates users’ First Amendment rights to free speech, echoing …

TikTok content creators sue the US government over law that could ban the popular platform
7 months, 1 week ago

TikTok content creators sue the US government over law that could ban the popular platform

Associated Press  

Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year. Attorneys for the creators argue in the lawsuit that the law violates users’ First Amendment rights to free speech, echoing arguments …

Cyber warfare, influence operations, and TikTok bans
7 months, 1 week ago

Cyber warfare, influence operations, and TikTok bans

Hindustan Times  

While a concrete and foolproof solution is yet to emerge on preventing conventional conflicts, a peculiar situation has emerged wherein warfare has become grey zone warfare--somewhere between peace and conflict. Senate in April, passed a legislation giving TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance roughly nine months to divest the US assets of the short video app, or to face a countrywide ban. …

TikTok sues US government over potential ban, argues federal law violates constitution
7 months, 2 weeks ago

TikTok sues US government over potential ban, argues federal law violates constitution

Hindustan Times  

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance sued in U.S. federal court on Tuesday seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban its use. TikTok has denied that it has or ever would share U.S. user data, accusing American lawmakers in …

TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform
7 months, 2 weeks ago

TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform

The Independent  

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TikTok owner ByteDance files lawsuit against US law forcing app’s sale
7 months, 2 weeks ago

TikTok owner ByteDance files lawsuit against US law forcing app’s sale

Al Jazeera  

In April, President Joe Biden signed a law giving ByteDance nine months to sell its US operations over security concerns. ByteDance, the owner of the social media platform TikTok, has filed a lawsuit against the United States government in an effort to block a law that would force it to divest from its US assets. “This is the only way …

TikTok sues U.S. government, saying ban violates 1st Amendment
7 months, 2 weeks ago

TikTok sues U.S. government, saying ban violates 1st Amendment

LA Times  

TikTok is suing the U.S. government, accusing it of violating its right to free speech. TikTok, the popular social video app, sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, saying the country’s new law that could ban the app violates 1st Amendment rights to free speech. TikTok and ByteDance said in the court filing that it had been trying since 2019 to …

L.A. influencers, businesses live or die on TikTok’s algorithm. Now they fear for the future
7 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. influencers, businesses live or die on TikTok’s algorithm. Now they fear for the future

LA Times  

Brandon Hurst is known as Brandon the Plant Guy on TikTok. “What makes TikTok special is the algorithm,” Hurst said, noting that if TikTok’s owners sell the app, the algorithm could change. “A lot of people have scaled probably beyond their wildest dreams.” Influencers don’t need to own a business to make money on TikTok, one creator said. For small-business …

Most Americans see TikTok as a Chinese influence tool,...
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Most Americans see TikTok as a Chinese influence tool,...

Daily Mail  

By Jason Lange and David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 1 - - A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as Washington moves closer to potentially banning the Chinese-owned short-video app. Some 58% of respondents to the two-day poll, which closed on Tuesday, agreed with a statement that the …

How the TikTok Law Could Intensify the US-China Tech Spat
7 months, 3 weeks ago

How the TikTok Law Could Intensify the US-China Tech Spat

Bloomberg  

Gianna Christine began her career as a social media influencer four years ago, after the professor in her college digital media class assigned students to post every day on the video streaming service TikTok. Since then, she’s built an audience of 2.7 million fans on the app and earned a six-figure annual income, talking into her iPhone about everything from …

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
7 months, 4 weeks ago

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. October 2019 U.S. politicians begin to raise alarms about TikTok’s influence, calling for a federal investigations of its Musical.ly acquisition and a national security probe into TikTok and other Chinese-owned apps. February 2021 Newly sworn-in …

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