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Prepare To Remove TikTok From App Stores: US Lawmakers To Google, Apple
The lawmakers asked Cook and Pichai to prepare to remove TikTok from their play stores by January 19. In their letter to the TikTok CEO, they urged Chew to "immediately execute a qualified divestiture".
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TikTok Maker Bytedance Sues Intern For AI Breach, Seeks 9 Crore
While lawsuits between companies and employees are common in China, legal action against an intern for such a large sum is unusual.
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TikTok Maker ByteDance Launches Text-To-Video AI App Rivaling OpenAI's Sora
The launch of a text-to-video model by the parent of short video app firm TikTok follows a series of similar model releases in recent months in China.
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TikTok Usage Banned on Irish Government Devices Amid Cybersecurity Concerns
Irish government has been recommended to not use TikTok on official devices. A number of Western countries including Britain, the US and other European Union member states have barred TikTok over security concerns. The EU's two biggest policymaking institutions also banned the app last month.
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TikTok Now Banned From Work Phones in Belgium Citing Security Risk
TikTok will not be allowed on the work phones of the Belgian federal government employees, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday. The Belgian national security council had warned of the risks associated with the large amounts of data collected by TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.
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Proposal To Ban TikTok In The US ''Should Be Looked At'', Says Senator
Many US officials have also raised concerns that China could use its laws to pressure TikTok to hand over US user data that could be used for intelligence purposes.
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ByteDance Plans Spotify Competitor, Music Streaming to Be Integrated Within TikTok: Report
ByteDance is reportedly planning to expand its music streaming service to global markets, as the Chinese firm looks to compete with Spotify and other streaming services. The company eventually plans to bring music streaming to its popular short video sharing service, TikTok. Resso, ByteDance's music-streaming service could be launched in 12 new mar...
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ShareChat Raises $145 Million From Temasek, Others at Near $3-Billion Valuation
ShareChat has raised $145 million (roughly Rs. 1,080 crores) in fresh funding from Singapore's Temasek and two other investors, the company said.
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TikTok May Make a Comeback in India Soon as ‘TickTock’, ByteDance Trademark Application Suggests
TikTok may make a comeback in India soon as its parent company ByteDance is found to have filed for its trademark with the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. The short-form video app was banned in June last year, among 59 Chinese apps.
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India Court Says ByteDance Should Deposit $11 Million in Tax Evasion Case
A Mumbai High Court dealt a blow to China's ByteDance by dismissing its plea to unblock its bank accounts which have been frozen by federal authorities investigating alleged tax evasion.
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ByteDance Says India's Freeze on Bank Accounts Is Harassment and Illegal, Court Filing Shows
China's ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally, according to a filing.
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TikTok Parent ByteDance Says It Is 'Bleeding' Due to India Bank Account Freeze, No Relief From Court
A Mumbai court granted no relief to China's ByteDance in a case where the company challenged the local tax authority's decision to block its Indian bank accounts, dealing a blow to its operations.
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TikTok Parent ByteDance’s Bank Accounts Said to Be Blocked by India for Alleged Tax Evasion
Indian authorities have blocked at least two of ByteDance's bank accounts for alleged tax evasion, prompting it to ask a court to quash the directive that it fears will hit its operations, two sources with direct knowledge said.
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India Freezes Bank Accounts Of TikTok Owner: Report
Indian authorities have blocked bank accounts of ByteDance in the country for alleged tax evasion and the company has asked a court to quash the directive which it fears will hit its operations hard, two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters.
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Alibaba, Tencent, Others Summoned by Chinese Regulators Over Deepfake Tech
Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and some other companies were recently summoned by Chinese regulators for talks on use of 'deepfake' technologies on their content platforms, stepping up scrutiny of the sector.
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Prepare To Remove TikTok From App Stores: US Lawmakers To Google, Apple
The lawmakers asked Cook and Pichai to prepare to remove TikTok from their play stores by January 19. In their letter to the TikTok CEO, they urged Chew to "immediately execute a qualified divestiture".
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TikTok Maker Bytedance Sues Intern For AI Breach, Seeks 9 Crore
While lawsuits between companies and employees are common in China, legal action against an intern for such a large sum is unusual.
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TikTok Maker ByteDance Launches Text-To-Video AI App Rivaling OpenAI's Sora
The launch of a text-to-video model by the parent of short video app firm TikTok follows a series of similar model releases in recent months in China.
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TikTok Usage Banned on Irish Government Devices Amid Cybersecurity Concerns
Irish government has been recommended to not use TikTok on official devices. A number of Western countries including Britain, the US and other European Union member states have barred TikTok over security concerns. The EU's two biggest policymaking institutions also banned the app last month.
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TikTok Now Banned From Work Phones in Belgium Citing Security Risk
TikTok will not be allowed on the work phones of the Belgian federal government employees, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Friday. The Belgian national security council had warned of the risks associated with the large amounts of data collected by TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance.
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Proposal To Ban TikTok In The US ''Should Be Looked At'', Says Senator
Many US officials have also raised concerns that China could use its laws to pressure TikTok to hand over US user data that could be used for intelligence purposes.
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ByteDance Plans Spotify Competitor, Music Streaming to Be Integrated Within TikTok: Report
ByteDance is reportedly planning to expand its music streaming service to global markets, as the Chinese firm looks to compete with Spotify and other streaming services. The company eventually plans to bring music streaming to its popular short video sharing service, TikTok. Resso, ByteDance's music-streaming service could be launched in 12 new mar...
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ShareChat Raises $145 Million From Temasek, Others at Near $3-Billion Valuation
ShareChat has raised $145 million (roughly Rs. 1,080 crores) in fresh funding from Singapore's Temasek and two other investors, the company said.
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TikTok May Make a Comeback in India Soon as ‘TickTock’, ByteDance Trademark Application Suggests
TikTok may make a comeback in India soon as its parent company ByteDance is found to have filed for its trademark with the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. The short-form video app was banned in June last year, among 59 Chinese apps.
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India Court Says ByteDance Should Deposit $11 Million in Tax Evasion Case
A Mumbai High Court dealt a blow to China's ByteDance by dismissing its plea to unblock its bank accounts which have been frozen by federal authorities investigating alleged tax evasion.
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ByteDance Says India's Freeze on Bank Accounts Is Harassment and Illegal, Court Filing Shows
China's ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally, according to a filing.
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TikTok Parent ByteDance Says It Is 'Bleeding' Due to India Bank Account Freeze, No Relief From Court
A Mumbai court granted no relief to China's ByteDance in a case where the company challenged the local tax authority's decision to block its Indian bank accounts, dealing a blow to its operations.
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TikTok Parent ByteDance’s Bank Accounts Said to Be Blocked by India for Alleged Tax Evasion
Indian authorities have blocked at least two of ByteDance's bank accounts for alleged tax evasion, prompting it to ask a court to quash the directive that it fears will hit its operations, two sources with direct knowledge said.
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India Freezes Bank Accounts Of TikTok Owner: Report
Indian authorities have blocked bank accounts of ByteDance in the country for alleged tax evasion and the company has asked a court to quash the directive which it fears will hit its operations hard, two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters.
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Alibaba, Tencent, Others Summoned by Chinese Regulators Over Deepfake Tech
Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and some other companies were recently summoned by Chinese regulators for talks on use of 'deepfake' technologies on their content platforms, stepping up scrutiny of the sector.
