TikTok has been making headlines due to the ongoing scrutiny it faces from US lawmakers over its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The US government has raised concerns about national security and data privacy, leading to the threat of a potential nationwide ban unless ByteDance divests its ownership of the app. President Biden signed a bill into law giving ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok to an American entity.
TikTok, owned by ByteDance, is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. It allows users to create short videos set to music, with a focus on dance, lip-syncing, and comedy. The app has gained immense popularity worldwide, particularly among younger audiences, for its engaging and creative content. However, its success has been accompanied by controversies related to data privacy, censorship, and national security concerns, especially in the United States.
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TikTok, the short video platform originally popular for its 15-second lip-synching content, is now testing 60-minute video uploads with certain creators, in a challenge to veteran online video giant YouTube.
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The real estate mogul and former LA Dodgers owner says he’s putting together a consortium to buy the app from China-based ByteDance.
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Some social media users are calling out celebrities for what they say is inaction in the face of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza — and they’ve taken to a “blockout” to pressure the stars to take a stand
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TikTok star Haley Kalil sparked backlash after posting a video with the audio, ‘Let them eat cake’
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The platform and parent company ByteDance have filed a similar lawsuit, arguing the law violates the US Constitution and runs afoul of free speech protections.
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‘We can’t wait, we’re very excited about it,’ Cheryl McGregor, 63, says
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Industry’s digital watermarking scheme will add to existing safeguards on TikTok’s own tools
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President Biden, whose presidential campaign uses the app, signed a law in April that would force a sale of TikTok by ByteDance.
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Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google, said he had explored a possible purchase of TikTok but has moved on from the idea of trying to acquire the video-sharing app from its Chinese owners.
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Israel or Palestine? What users see in their social media feeds related to the Middle East crisis and other global political events is determined by opaque AI-powered curation systems.
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We must be able to create a more civic-minded internet, with tools that would empower users to better control what they see.
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With its catchy melody, ‘Friendly Father’ is reminiscent of an Abba track – but with a Soviet-sounding twist.
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About time.
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Many Russians are returning to their homeland after finding countries abroad have become less accommodating for them — a gain for the domestic economy.
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Shooter approaches Om Fahad as she sits in car, opens fire at point-blank range; interior ministry to set up investigation team
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The wildly popular app has been in the headlines for weeks as US lawmakers face off against TikTok's Chinese parent company over a potential nation-wide ban. Here's why the app is so special.
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TikTok is in the cross hairs of authorities in the US, where new legislation threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests.
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App’s ‘secret source’ algorithm reportedly core to operations of parent company, which sources say make a sale highly unlikely
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As President Biden signs the TikTok ban bill into law, giving the app’s China-based parent company nine months to sell, fashion influencer Bridget Brown tells Kaleigh Werner about the uncertainty she feels around the future of her career
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If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time