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US Justice Department, FBI investigate TikTok over allegations of spying
TikTok is being investigated at a time when the Biden government is asking its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, to either sell the a...
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UK to ban TikTok? MPs request information commissioner to investigate potential breach of law
IPAC warns that if TikTok is unable to abide with growing western criticism of the companys Chinese ownership and the security of the data o...
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After UK, New Zealand bans TikTok on govt devices linked to parliament over 'security concerns'
Montero added that special arrangements will be made for those who require the app to do their jobs
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TikTok mulls separation from parent company ByteDance if US officials don’t approve proposal
Citing people familiar with the matter, the publication reports that a divestiture is considered a last resort and will only be pursued if t...
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UAE spymaster purchases $100 million stake in TikTok maker ByteDance; company valuation at $220bn
Bloomberg reports that this valuation in the G42 transaction doesn’t yet reflect potential after-effects of the Silicon Valley Bank implosio...
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After India and US, UK mulls TikTok ban on govt devices over data security concerns linked to China
Tugendhat gave New Delhis example as he said that the Indian government has banned TikTok and many other apps, the US government has taken d...
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Belgium follows footsteps of US and EU, bans TikTok from government phones
Belgium took the step after a similar ban was imposed on the video-sharing app by the government authorities in the United States and Europe
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TikTok on verge of toppling Netflix in US in terms of video consumption
The report further says that US adults ranging from age 25 to 54 years old find TikTok to be addictive, and have spent an average of 56 minu...
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US: Legislation authorising Joe Biden to ban TikTok advances
The bill has specifically asked the president to impose penalties against the companies (potentially a ban) if the administration finds that...
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White House gives US federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban
On Tuesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on a bill that would give President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok from all...
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European Commission bans staff from using TikTok on work devices over security concerns
Citing cybersecurity concerns, European Commission has banned its staff from using the Chinese TikTok application on their work de...
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Is TikTok using 'Heating' button to secretly boost particular videos and promote content?
As cited by Forbes, an internal TikTok document titled MINT Heating Playbook mentions: The heating feature refers to boosting videos into th...
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TikTok slams Biden admin for 'troubling' bipartisan law, says push for ban politically motivated
In 2017, China introduced the National Intelligence Law which required all social media and internet companies to hand over all user da...
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Taiwan mulls banning TikTok, accuses it of eroding public's confidence in government
The Chinese-invested social media platform has been already banned from devices of the public sector by Taiwan over security concerns and th...
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Seattle: Landlord found guilty in Tiktok suitcase murder case
The bodies were discovered when a group of teenagers were making a TikTok video at Seattles Alki Beach. The video was viewed more than 30 mi...
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After Maryland, Texas bans use of TikTok on govt devices, Indiana sues platform for deceiving users
Hogans directive also covers Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corp, Tencent Holdings WeChat, QQ and QQ Wallet, Alibaba products and Russias Kaspersk...
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Chinese apps like TikTok can be used for espionage, says FBI chief Christopher Wray
All of these things are in the hands of a government that doesn’t share our values, and that has a mission thats very much at odds with what...
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Wary of China, US state of South Dakota bans TikTok on state-owned devices
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem said the Chinese Communist Party uses information that it gathers on TikTok to manipulate the American peo...
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Republicans target TikTok for sharing users’ data with China, likely to unleash probe
The ByteDance-owned app was targetted much more aggressively under former president Donald Trumps tenure and the Republicans are seemingly l...
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FBI director says TikTok poses ‘national security threat’, gives Beijing access to data, devices
He claimed that ByteDance embeds specific application programming interfaces (APIs) in the short-form video which gives Beijing access to co...
Read Article→UK to ban TikTok? MPs request information commissioner to investigate potential breach of law
IPAC warns that if TikTok is unable to abide with growing western criticism of the companys Chinese ownership and the security of the data o...
Read Article→After UK, New Zealand bans TikTok on govt devices linked to parliament over 'security concerns'
Montero added that special arrangements will be made for those who require the app to do their jobs
Read Article→TikTok mulls separation from parent company ByteDance if US officials don’t approve proposal
Citing people familiar with the matter, the publication reports that a divestiture is considered a last resort and will only be pursued if t...
Read Article→UAE spymaster purchases $100 million stake in TikTok maker ByteDance; company valuation at $220bn
Bloomberg reports that this valuation in the G42 transaction doesn’t yet reflect potential after-effects of the Silicon Valley Bank implosio...
Read Article→After India and US, UK mulls TikTok ban on govt devices over data security concerns linked to China
Tugendhat gave New Delhis example as he said that the Indian government has banned TikTok and many other apps, the US government has taken d...
Read Article→Belgium follows footsteps of US and EU, bans TikTok from government phones
Belgium took the step after a similar ban was imposed on the video-sharing app by the government authorities in the United States and Europe
Read Article→TikTok on verge of toppling Netflix in US in terms of video consumption
The report further says that US adults ranging from age 25 to 54 years old find TikTok to be addictive, and have spent an average of 56 minu...
Read Article→US: Legislation authorising Joe Biden to ban TikTok advances
The bill has specifically asked the president to impose penalties against the companies (potentially a ban) if the administration finds that...
Read Article→White House gives US federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban
On Tuesday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on a bill that would give President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok from all...
Read Article→European Commission bans staff from using TikTok on work devices over security concerns
Citing cybersecurity concerns, European Commission has banned its staff from using the Chinese TikTok application on their work de...
Read Article→Is TikTok using 'Heating' button to secretly boost particular videos and promote content?
As cited by Forbes, an internal TikTok document titled MINT Heating Playbook mentions: The heating feature refers to boosting videos into th...
Read Article→TikTok slams Biden admin for 'troubling' bipartisan law, says push for ban politically motivated
In 2017, China introduced the National Intelligence Law which required all social media and internet companies to hand over all user da...
Read Article→Taiwan mulls banning TikTok, accuses it of eroding public's confidence in government
The Chinese-invested social media platform has been already banned from devices of the public sector by Taiwan over security concerns and th...
Read Article→Seattle: Landlord found guilty in Tiktok suitcase murder case
The bodies were discovered when a group of teenagers were making a TikTok video at Seattles Alki Beach. The video was viewed more than 30 mi...
Read Article→After Maryland, Texas bans use of TikTok on govt devices, Indiana sues platform for deceiving users
Hogans directive also covers Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corp, Tencent Holdings WeChat, QQ and QQ Wallet, Alibaba products and Russias Kaspersk...
Read Article→Chinese apps like TikTok can be used for espionage, says FBI chief Christopher Wray
All of these things are in the hands of a government that doesn’t share our values, and that has a mission thats very much at odds with what...
Read Article→Wary of China, US state of South Dakota bans TikTok on state-owned devices
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem said the Chinese Communist Party uses information that it gathers on TikTok to manipulate the American peo...
Read Article→Republicans target TikTok for sharing users’ data with China, likely to unleash probe
The ByteDance-owned app was targetted much more aggressively under former president Donald Trumps tenure and the Republicans are seemingly l...
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