TikTok

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order certifying that his administration’s plan to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations to American and global investors meets national security requirements under a 2024 law. The new U.S.…
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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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China said Australia's "discriminatory" ban on TikTok from all federal government-owned devices harmed the interests of Australian businesses and the public, urging Canberra to treat all firms fairly, a commerce ministry statement said on…
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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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Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, two of Instagram`s most-followed celebs recently slammed Instagram and want the Meta-owned social service to stop trying to mimic surging rival TikTok. Recently, both sisters took to their Instagram handles…
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