US President Joe Biden's re-election campaign on Sunday (Feb 11) joined the TikTok by posting a 26-second video, even as his administration cracks down on the Chinese owned short-video platform over alleged security concerns.

Hypocrisy? US President Joe Biden's re-election campaign joins TikTok even as govt cracks down on app

ByteDance, the parent company of popular social media platform TikTok on Tuesday, announced that it was engaging in discussions with potential buyers for its gaming assets, marking a move away from the gaming industry.

TikTok’s owner ByteDance explores gaming asset sale with Tencent and others

An Australian senate committee after investigating how foreign powers could use social media to interfere in the country has recommended a number of rules and restrictions for several platforms, including imposing a ban on Chinese messaging WeChat, on Tuesday (August 1).

Australian lawmakers recommend WeChat ban on govt devices for posing ‘unique national security risks’

French MPs called on the government, on Thursday, to ban the video-sharing platform TikTok till it clarifies its links to China. This move came after the government condemned the social media platform for igniting and fuelling riots in the country.

France riots: MPs call on government to ban video-sharing platform TikTok

A former ByteDance executive has claimed that the company shared data of TikTok users with CCP. The party then used this data to spy on protesters & activists in Hong Kong. Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: How China used TikTok to spy on Hong Kong protesters

A former executive at TikTok's parent company ByteDance has claimed that China's Communist Party (CCP) accessed user data collected by the short-video app to spy upon and monitor Hong Kong activists in 2018.

Using TikTok, China spied on Hong Kong activists, claims former employee

TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance is again under the radar as another ex-employee accuses the firm of spying. The former executive that the members of the Communist Party of China were able to access the data of Hong Kong protestors and used every possible means to curb the pro-democracy protestors.

ByteDance helped China to track Hong Kong activists?

A former executive of TikTok parent ByteDance has claimed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has backdoor access to all the users’ data, including the data stored in US.

Chinese Communist Party has access to TikTok's US user data: Ex-ByteDance employee 

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ByteDance is pushing a new social media app in the United States as the Chinese tech giant's flagship app TikTok faces a possible ban. According to a report by CNBC late Monday (April 24), ByteDance had invited creators onto the Lemon8 platform before it officially rolls out in the US.

China's ByteDance pushes Lemon8 app in US as TikTok faces possible ban: Report

Over two dozen state governments in the United States have placed web-tracking code made by TikTok's parent company ByteDance on their official websites. Citing a report from Toronto-based company Feroot Security, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (March 21) that a review of websites of over 3,500 companies, organisations and governments entities by Feroot found that the so-called tracking pixels from ByteDance were present in 30 American state government websites across 27 states, including those where TikTok was banned from state networks and devices.

US: Over two dozen state govts use trackers made by TikTok’s parent company, says report

According to a new report from a cybersecurity company, more than two dozen state governments have placed web-tracking code made by TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. on official websites.

TikTok trackers embedded in US state-government websites

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is set to testify Thursday in front of US lawmakers that the Chinese-owned app has never shared the data of US users with the government in China.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to testify that app never shared users’ data with Chinese government

Chinese application TikTok has long been under spotlight for its huge craze in US communities. But another tool by owner company ByteDance Ltd is now gaining eyeballs and is becoming an emerging player in the world of video-editing tools in United States.

TikTok’s lesser-known sibling, CapCut, making waves in US. But is it safe?

New Zealand on Friday became the latest entrant to the list of countries that have banned TikTok on all devices with access to its lawmakers amidst rising concerns over national and cybersecurity.

Explained: Why are countries banning TikTok?

Citing TikTok as a 'high risk' security concern, the Joe Biden administration in the US has demanded that the Chinese owner of the app sell their stake or risk getting banned, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Biden administration pressures TikTok's Chinese owners to sell stakes, threatens complete ban

Popular video-sharing platform TikTok is reportedly considering separation from parent company ByteDance. As per Bloomberg, the reason behind this probable split stems from concerns voiced by the United States over the app and the alleged national security risks it poses.

TikTok mulls separation from parent company ByteDance if US officials don’t approve proposal

United Arab Emirates spy chief, royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan has purchased a more than $100 million stake in ByteDance Ltd., the parent company behind the popular video platform TikTok, says a Bloomberg report.

UAE spymaster purchases $100 million stake in TikTok maker ByteDance; company valuation at $220bn

Canada is launching an investigation on federal as well as provincial level into short-video sharing platform TikTok. The joint investigation has been launched over concerns about the Chinese-owned platform's collection, use and disclosure of personal information of users.

Canada: TikTok under scanner as privacy regulators launch investigation

TikTok, a famous Chinese video-sharing app, has a "heating" button which allows some hand-picked videos to "achieve a certain number of video views", Forbes reported after reviewing internal documents and communications.

Is TikTok using 'Heating' button to secretly boost particular videos and promote content?

According to a new report from Forbes, TikTok and ByteDance can boost videos to get them onto more feeds, which means that the viral videos on the TikTok For You page are not just there because of the algorithm.

At TikTok's mercy! Staff can pick which video goes viral using a secret 'heating' button

Citing shortcomings related to the handling of 'cookies', France on Thursday levied a fine of $5.4 million on the Chinese short-video app TikTok. Commission Nationale Informatique & Libertés (CNIL), the French data protection agency, said users were not allowed to refuse cookies as easily as they accept them.

TikTok fined $5.4 million by France for 'cookies' related issues

China's ByteDance is using data from TikTok to track journalists and this is now raising eyebrows. There is growing fears that security concerns over TikTok might actually be true. The Chinese ByteDance wants to know which of its employees are speaking to the media.

TikTok user data row: ByteDance uses data to track journalists, gains data over insider info leak

Republican leader and South Dakota governor Kristi Noem on Tuesday issued an executive order banning the use of Chinese TikTok by state employees and contractors on government gadgets, citing the short video app's ties to Beijing.

Wary of China, US state of South Dakota bans TikTok on state-owned devices

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