Republican lawmakers Cathy McMorris Rodgers and James Comer piled pressure on the Chinese short video app TikTok and its owner ByteDance on Tuesday by saying the company may have misled the Congress about how much data it shares with China.

Republicans target TikTok for sharing users’ data with China, likely to unleash probe

A recent report published in Forbes alleged that TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, wanted to use the app to monitor the location of some specific US citizens. TikTok hit back at Forbes and said that it does not collect precise GPS location information from its users.

Forbes accuses TikTok of tracking specific US citizens, latter denies

Social media giant Tik Tok's parent company has yet again made the headlines. A Forbes report on Thursday stated that Bytedance, the Chinese firm that owns TikTok, intends to utilise the app to track locations, especially of Americans.

ByteDance intends to use TikTok to monitor Americans' location, claims report

Sources familiar with TikTok's parent company ByteDance confirmed that the firm has recently begun talks with other music apps and platforms to expand its streaming service worldwide to compete with music industry leaders like Spotify.

TikTok's parent company ByteDance plans to expand its music services globally

The operating losses at ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of the hugely popular video-sharing website TikTok, more than tripled to more than $7 billion last year, according to a financial report sent to staff, the Wall Street Journal reported today.

Report: Operating loss at TikTok parent ByteDance topped $7 billion last year

From Tencent Holdings Ltd. to ByteDance Ltd., China's internet behemoths have revealed details of their treasured algorithms to Beijing for the first time, an extraordinary move aimed at curtailing data misuse that may jeopardise highly guarded company secrets.

Alibaba, ByteDance share top secret algorithms to Chinese government for first time

ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese company that owns TikTok, has purchased Amcare Healthcare, one of the country's largest chains of private hospitals, for about $1.5 billion.

ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, buys China hospital chain for $1.5 billion

ByteDance-owned TikTok is now facing a backlash in New Zealand. Reportedly, the Kiwi lawmakers have been warned by House speaker Trevor Mallard to not use the TikTok app on their parliamentary phones and devices as it poses a security risk.

New Zealand MPs warned against using TikTok, citing security risks

According to a report, the Chinese government wanted to open an account on TikTok for propaganda purposes but was pushed back by the company since it was against its community guidelines.

China wanted to open TikTok account to promote propaganda: Report

The parents of the two girls who died in the United States while participating in TikTok's "Blackout Challenge", which makes a sport of choking oneself until passing out have sued the company.

'Blackout challenge': Two children die in sport of choking themself in US, TikTok sued by parents

TikTok has decided to move the data of US servers to Oracle’s could platform amid reports that employees of its parent company ByteDance in China have repeatedly accessed private information of American users.

TikTok moves US users’ data to Oracle amid reports of access by Chinese workers

In the latest shake up, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has stepped down as chairman of the company, which owns TikTok, said a report by Reuters citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

In shake up at ByteDance, founder Zhang Yiming steps down as chairman: Report   

Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said on Monday that the company's near acquisition of social media app TikTok was the "strangest thing" he had "ever worked on" Former US President Donald Trump had ordered TikTok to separate its US version from Chinese parent company ByteDance over concerns of data security of US users.

Failed TikTok deal 'strangest thing I've worked on', says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Cyberspace Administration of China has issued guidelines under which service providers must abide by business ethics and principles of fairness and should not set up algorithm models that entice users to spend large amounts of money or spend money in a way that may disrupt public order.

What are recommendation algorithms that China is cracking down on, and how do they affect internet users?

China's internet watchdog said on Friday that companies including ByteDance, Baidu and Kuaishou had improperly collected user data. China Cyberspace Administration also named American tech giant Microsoft and its two products Bing and LinkedIn in a statement.

China says ByteDance, Baidu, Microsoft improperly collected user data

More than 20 Chinese tech giants have made a public pact to abide by anti-monopoly guidelines, after regulators told them to note "the warning" of a record fine against e-commerce giant Alibaba.

Over 20 Chinese tech giants make public pact to abide by anti-monopoly guidelines

According to China's state-run news agency Xinhua, regulators are planning to draft new rules for the country's e-commerce platforms. Xinhua, quoting market regulators, said that the regulators will “adopt more powerful regulatory measures this year with a series of actions” to "standardise online deals, maintain fair competition and protect consumer rights".

China planning to draft regulation for e-commerce platforms: Report

China's ByteDance is said to be exploring the sale of the India operations of TikTok to rival unicorn Glance, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. The discussions, initiated by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, are private, early and complex, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

ByteDance explores sale of Indian TikTok assets to rival firm Glance

Popular video app TikTok has agreed with Italian authorities to block all users who gave their age as under 13. It has also agreed to follow a set of instructions after the death of a 10-year-old girl was blamed on a breath-holding social media challenge.

TikTok to block users in Italy who say they are under 13

China's ByteDance is cutting the size of its India team and is unsure when it will make a comeback, the company told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday, months after its popular TikTok video app was banned.

ByteDance says cutting India workforce, unsure of comeback

TikTok is about to outlast President Donald Trump. Now, the company could become an early test of President-elect Joe Biden’s stance toward Chinese tech companies.

Tiktok is poised to outlast Trump and to test Biden

The Trump administration has granted ByteDance a new seven-day extension of a divestiture order that had directed the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short video-sharing app.

US grants Tiktok owner ByteDance new extension of sale order

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, filed a petition late Tuesday with a US Appeals Court challenging Donald Trump's order to divest the app within 90 days.

China's ByteDance challenges Trump's TikTok order

Chinese video sharing app TikTok has promised to put more resources in Pakistan to improve its services after the authorities here blocked it over "indecent content", a media report said on Sunday.

Chinese firm ByteDance to reallocate resources if Pakistan unblocks TikTok

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