TikTok

The EU’s tech chief called on Meta and TikTok to “act decisively” to stem disinformation at times of crisis, saying the European Commission held talks with both platforms Friday following last week’s Ceuta migrant surge. A wave of social…
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US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that an agreement has been struck allowing TikTok to continue operating in the American market, just days before the September 17 deadline set by his administration for the app to comply with…
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US President Donald Trump will extend the June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s US operations by 90 days, the White House announced on Tuesday. The extension comes despite a law requiring the video-sharing platform…
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US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft and TikTok did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for a comment…
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TikTok has stopped working for users in the United States and disappeared from the Apple and Google app stores as the law banning the social media platform takes effect on Sunday. The app, which is used by 170 million Americans, sent a…
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US President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign joined short-form video app TikTok on Sunday, using the NFL’s Super Bowl to kick off its new account to reach young voters ahead of the presidential election in November. The campaign’s launch…
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Short-video app TikTok on Thursday opened up its research software to researchers in Europe ahead of new EU rules requiring Big Tech to do more to police online content. TikTok, owned by Chinese technology conglomerate ByteDance, is one of…
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New Zealand will ban TikTok on devices with access to the parliamentary network because of cybersecurity concerns, a government official said on Friday. TikTok will be banned on all devices with access to New Zealand’s parliamentary…
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The Canadian government has banned the social media app TikTok from all its devices as of Tuesday. A release issued by the nodal agency, the Treasury Board Secretariat said the decision to “remove and block TikTok from government mobile…
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ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video app TikTok, has laid off hundreds of employees across multiple departments at the end of 2022 as part of a cost-cutting measure, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday. The job cuts…
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