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TikTok expands features for creators to restrict videos to adult audience

TikTok announced that it has expanded its 'audience controls' feature to allow creators to restrict their short-form videos to adult viewers

TikTok owner ByteDance slashes thousands of jobs across multiple depts

The New Year will now be critical for ByteDance, as it faces political uncertainties amid national security concerns over TikTok in the US

US House bans TikTok on all House-managed devices over 'security risks'

With this move, the US House joins the list of a number of government entities that have imposed the ban on the Chinese-owned social media app

Ban on TikTok's use on US govt devices likely to trigger more prohibitions

There could be more Congressional prohibitions against TikTok after a new ban on the use of Chinese social media app on US government devices with lawmakers keen on more action

Tiktok employees 'improperly accessed' data of two journalists: ByteDance

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of popular video app TikTok, said on Thursday that some employees improperly accessed TikTok user data of two journalists and were no longer employed by the compa

Congress moves to ban TikTok from US government devices in spending bill

TikTok would be banned from most US government devices under a spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday, the latest push by American lawmakers against the Chinese-owned social media app. The USD 1.7 trillion package includes requirements for the Biden administration to prohibit most uses of TikTok or any other app created by its owner, ByteDance Ltd. The requirements would apply to the executive branch with exemptions for national security, law enforcement and research purposes and don't appear to cover Congress, where a handful of lawmakers maintain TikTok accounts. TikTok is consumed by two-thirds of American teens and has become the second-most popular domain in the world. But there's long been bipartisan concern in Washington that Beijing would use legal and regulatory power to seize American user data or try to push pro-China narratives or misinformation. Brooke Oberwetter, a spokesperson for TikTok, called the ban a political gesture that will do nothing to advance ...

US Congress moves to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from government devices

TikTok would be banned from most US government devices under a government spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday, the latest push by American lawmakers against the Chinese-owned social media app. The $1.7 trillion package includes requirements for the Biden administration to prohibit most uses of TikTok or any other app created by its owner, ByteDance Ltd. The requirements would apply to the executive branch with exemptions for national security, law enforcement and research purposes and don't appear to cover Congress, where a handful of lawmakers maintain TikTok accounts. TikTok is consumed by two-thirds of American teens and has become the second-most popular domain in the world. But there's long been bipartisan concern in Washington that Beijing would use legal and regulatory power to seize American user data or try to push pro-China narratives or misinformation. ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It has previously noted that TikTok is ...

Taiwan investigating Chinese app TikTok over cyber security concerns

In Taiwan, TikTok does not have as many users as Facebook and Instagram, but it is becoming more and more popular among young people

Georgia, New Hampshire ban Chinese app TikTok over security concerns

Governors Brian Kemp of Georgia and Chris Sununu of New Hampshire on Thursday immediately banned the use of TikTok and popular messaging applications from all computer devices controlled by their state governments, saying the Chinese government may be able to access users' personal information. Both Republican governors banned the messaging app WeChat and other apps owned by Chinese firm Tencent. Sununu went further, banning apps owned by Chinese firm Alibaba and telecommunications hardware and smartphones made by Chinese firms including Huawei and ZTE. Kemp also banned Telegram, saying its Russian control poses similar risks. The state of Georgia has a responsibility to prevent any attempt to access and infiltrate its secure data and sensitive information by foreign adversaries such as the CCP, Kemp wrote in a memo, using an acronym for the Chinese Communist Party. As such, it is our duty to take action to preserve the safety and security of our state against the CCP, entities it .

US Senate votes to ban TikTok app on govt-owned phones amid data concerns

The Biden administration has been attempting to forge an agreement with TikTok that would allow the video-sharing site to keep operating in the US by enacting additional safeguards on how US user data

Short-video platform TikTok tests YouTube-like horizontal full-screen mode

Earlier this year, TikTok introduced the ability for users to upload videos up to 10 minutes in length

US lawmakers introduce bipartisan legislation to ban Chinese app TikTok

US Senator Marco Rubio introduced bipartisan legislation to ban the Chinese social media platform TikTok from operating in the United States

Amazon to bring TikTok-like feed of shoppable content 'Inspire' to its app

The new feed option will appear as a lightbulb icon in the application and will roll out to select US users this month

Indiana sues TikTok for misleading users, breaching information security

Indiana's attorney general on Wednesday sued Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, claiming the video-sharing platform misleads its users, particularly children, about the level of inappropriate content and security of consumer information. Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita claimed in a complaint filed Wednesday that while the social video app says it is safe for users 13 years and older, the app contains salacious and inappropriate content" available to young users for unlimited periods of time, day and night, in an effort to line TikTok's pockets with billions of dollars from US consumers. A separate complaint from Rokita argues the app has users' sensitive and personal information but deceives consumers into believing that information is secure. At the very least, the company owes consumers the truth about the age-appropriateness of its content and the insecurity of the data it collects on users," Rokita said in a press release Wednesday. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a .

TikTok's new challenge luring young kids to their deaths: Report

Blackout challenge, also called the 'pass-out challenge', encourages kids to hold their breath until they fall unconscious, sometimes with the help of objects

Musk's top-down approach will harm Twitter, says Manish Maheshwari

Large platforms can also go into exponential decay if the network effect stops working in their favour, Maheshwari said

TikTok to hire nearly 3,000 engineers across globe as competitors shed jobs

Chinese short-form video platform TikTok said that it would add about 3,000 engineers in locations across the world, including the US.

Twitter bankruptcy possible if cash burn doesn't stop, Musk tells employees

Confidence in the company has eroded so rapidly that, even before Musk's bankruptcy comments, some funds were offering to buy the loans for as little as 60 cents on the dollar

YouTube rolls out TikTok rival 'Shorts' on TV globally: Details here

YouTube isn't the first service to bring short-form vertical videos to the TV screen. TikTok has been experimenting with smart TV interfaces for some time

TikTok tells European users that its staff in China can access their data

Data could be used to conduct checks on aspects of the platform, including the performance of its algorithms