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Lawmakers seek to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban in US

"Applications like TikTok that are controlled by foreign adversaries pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security," the lawmakers said in a fact sheet

US cannot be the last nation to ban Chinese app TikTok, says Nikki Haley

Describing Chinese-owned app TikTok as dangerous, Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has said that when countries like India and Nepal have banned this social media platform, the US cannot be the last nation to do the same. What everybody needs to know is China is controlling all of that, Haley, the Indian-American former US Ambassador to the UN, said during a Fox News town hall. If you want to know how it affects you, just imagine by having that app on your phone, China can now see your finances, they can now see who your contacts are. They can see what you click on, why you click on it and how it affects you. They can impact what you see. And they can impact what you hear. That is the dangerous part of TikTok, Haley, 52, said on Sunday. And India has banned it. You had Nepal just banned it because it was causing social disruption. America can't be the last country to ban TikTok. Let's end it now and stop it so it doesn't hurt our children any further, Haley said in ...

TikTok ramps up fight against fake news, covert influence ahead of EU polls

The company worked with news checkers to produce educational videos about the electoral process and misinformation via the election centres during national elections in previous years

Biden's campaign joins TikTok amid national security concerns with app

President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the platform and banned it on federal devices. Biden isn't expected to personally join the platform, aides said, nor the others in his administration. The account will be run entirely by the campaign team in an effort to reach voters in an ever-fragmented American population, particularly as younger voters gravitate away from traditional platforms. The inaugural post featured the president being quizzed on the Super Bowl and included a reference to the latest political conspiracy theory centering on music superstar Taylor Swift. Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that TikTok owner ByteDance could share user data such as browsing history, location and biometric identifiers with China's authoritarian government. Biden in 2022 banned the use of TikTok by the federal government's nearly 4 million employees on devices owned by its agencies,

TikTok, Meta attack at European Union's content moderation laws in court

ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok took the European Commission to court on Feb. 6 and Meta filed its challenge a day earlier, filings show

Protecting creator economy will be foundational: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan

YouTubeTV subscriptions over eight million; paid over $70 billion to creators, artists over three years

A 23-year-old US man buys foldable home from Amazon, watch video here

A US man bought a foldable home from Amazon costing $26,000. Jeffrey Bryant shared a video which is viral on TikTok and was also shared on Twitter

Best yet to come: Zuckerberg recaps Facebook journey on its 20th birthday

Facebook was co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg, entrepreneurs Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin and launched on February 4, 2004

Meta, X, TikTok CEOs ripped by US senators over child online safety

"These companies must be reined in, or the worst is yet to come," Senator Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the committee, said

TikTok CEO Shou Chew grilled by US lawmakers regarding China connections

The grilling was held at a dramatic Senate Judiciary Committee hearing of the CEOs of major tech companies, who faced intense scrutiny over the potential harms of their platforms on teens

Meta, TikTok, X CEOs face questions on child safety at US Senate hearing

Senator Amy Klobuchar on Wednesday questioned what she said was inaction in the tech industry, comparing it to the response shown when a panel blew out of a Boeing plane earlier this month

TikTok CEO pledges $2 bn during testimony to protect 170 mn US Users

It's Chew's second time testifying before Congress. Last year, he was called to a hearing in the House focused on the potential national security threats stemming from its Chinese ownership

TikTok owner ByteDance's chief warns against mediocrity as AI disrupts

ByteDance is often seen as the world's leading company on algorithms because its flagship apps such as TikTok, Douyin and Toutiao are powered by commanding recommendation engines

Meta, TikTok & other social media CEOs to testify on child exploitation

Sexual predators. Addictive features. Self-harm and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media - and children's advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about child exploitation on their platforms, as lawmakers, families and advocates are growing increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people's lives. While Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a veteran of congressional hearings since his first one over the Cambridge Analytica privacy debacle in 2018, it will only be the second time for TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and the first for Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Discord CEO Jason Citron are also scheduled to testify. We understand that they are companies and they have to make profit. But whe

Universal Music songs to be removed from TikTok as license renewal fails

Tiktok, in a statement to Reuters, referred to UMG's narrative as "false" and said UMG's actions were not in the best interests of artists, songwriters and fans

Elon Musk's X pledges 100-person office in Texas to enforce content rules

The company aims to hire 100 full-time content moderators at the new location, according to Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X

TikTok cuts 60 jobs in sales, advertising division as tech layoffs continue

The positions affected were based in Los Angeles, New York, Austin and overseas, a company spokesperson said

TikTok parent ByteDance to shut down music streaming service Resso in India

ByteDance, best known for its short video app TikTok, launched Resso in India, Indonesia, and Brazil in March 2020

In talks with multiple prospective buyers of gaming assets: ByteDance

The firm stopped working on unreleased games and planned to divest of titles already launched, people familiar with the matter told Reuters at the time

TikTok owner ByteDance in talks with Tencent, others to sell gaming assets

Talks are ongoing but no deal has been reached, a ByteDance spokesperson told Reuters