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TikTok CEO Sought Elon Musk's Input Ahead Of Donald Trump Administration: Report
ByteDance-owned TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew has sought input on US matters from Elon Musk, a close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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"National Security Risk": Canada Orders Shutdown Of TikTok's Offices
Ottawa last year began reviewing TikTok's plan to invest and expand its business in Canada. ByteDance is TikTok's Chinese parent company.
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At TikTok's Parent Company, 57 Hospitalised After Mass Food Poisoning
A mass food poisoning incident led 60 people to fall sick with symptoms of gastroenteritis at the Singapore office of TikTok's parent company, ByteDance on Tuesday. At least 57 of them had to be hospitalized after the incident.
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UK CEO's School Bullies Apply To Work For Her, Here's How She Handled It
A 23-year-old Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the UK recently shared how she dealt with her high school bullies who applied to work at her successful company.
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TikTok CEO Challenged By Tech Leaders On Pro-Palestine Videos
TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew and other top executives met recently with 40 influential leaders, including many from the tech industry, who were pushing for more moderation of antisemitic content.
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TikTok Shocks Employees With Its Return-To-Office Tracker App: ''Colleagues Are Fearful''
Starting in October, TikTok employees will be required to work from the office at least three days a week.with some teams expected to work five days a week.
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The Viral 'Lazy Girl Jobs' TikTok Trend Is Shifting The Perspective On Work-Life Balance
This work culture trend is making noise for all the right reasons
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Meta, Google Advised in Vietnam to Use AI to Detect Toxic Content on Social Media: Report
Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove "toxic" content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday. Vietnam has repeatedly asked companies like Meta's Facebook, Google's YouTube and TikTok to coordin...
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TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas Stepping Down From Role After Five Years
TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas is reportedly stepping down after five years with the short-video company owned by China's ByteDance. In an email to staff, Pappas said they would be taking on an advisory role for the company during the transition.
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Former ByteDance Executive Says China Had ‘Supreme Access’ to All Data
A former executive at TikTok parent ByteDance who was fired in 2018 said in a lawsuit that the Chinese Communist Party had a special office within the company that gave it “supreme access” to all data. Yintao “Roger” Yu said he was terminated from his job as head of engineering in the US in retaliation for his complaints to supervisors abou...
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UK Watchdog Fines TikTok Over $15 Million for Breach of Data Protection Law, Misuse of Children's Data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the country's information watchdog estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its own rules not allowing children that age to create an account.
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TikTok May Face GBP 27 Million Fine Over Potential Breach of UK Law, Failure to Protect Children's Privacy
TikTok, the popular video sharing platform that is growing in popularity across the world, may face a GBP 27 million (roughly Rs. 236 crore) fine in the UK over its failure to protect children's privacy when they are using the app. The company may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed “sp...
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TikTok's Global Security Chief Roland Cloutier to Step Down, Reveals Internal Memo
TikTok's global chief security officer Roland Cloutier, who oversees cybersecurity, is stepping down from his role but will stay at the company, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Kim Albarella, a senior member at TikTok's security team, will serve as interim head of Global Security. Albarella previously worked for ADP for more than a d...
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Russian Lawmakers Approve Harsher Rules for Foreign Tech Firms Without Offices, Personal Data Transfer
Russian lawmakers have approved a bill with stricter penalties for foreign internet companies that fail to open an office in Russia. Fines could be as high as 10 percent of a company's turnover in Russia from the previous year, rising to up to 20 percent for repeat violations.
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ByteDance Founder Zhang Yiming Steps Down As Chairman: Report
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has stepped down as chairman of the TikTok owner, after announcing his resignation as chief executive officer in May, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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TikTok CEO Sought Elon Musk's Input Ahead Of Donald Trump Administration: Report
ByteDance-owned TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew has sought input on US matters from Elon Musk, a close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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"National Security Risk": Canada Orders Shutdown Of TikTok's Offices
Ottawa last year began reviewing TikTok's plan to invest and expand its business in Canada. ByteDance is TikTok's Chinese parent company.
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At TikTok's Parent Company, 57 Hospitalised After Mass Food Poisoning
A mass food poisoning incident led 60 people to fall sick with symptoms of gastroenteritis at the Singapore office of TikTok's parent company, ByteDance on Tuesday. At least 57 of them had to be hospitalized after the incident.
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UK CEO's School Bullies Apply To Work For Her, Here's How She Handled It
A 23-year-old Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the UK recently shared how she dealt with her high school bullies who applied to work at her successful company.
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TikTok CEO Challenged By Tech Leaders On Pro-Palestine Videos
TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew and other top executives met recently with 40 influential leaders, including many from the tech industry, who were pushing for more moderation of antisemitic content.
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TikTok Shocks Employees With Its Return-To-Office Tracker App: ''Colleagues Are Fearful''
Starting in October, TikTok employees will be required to work from the office at least three days a week.with some teams expected to work five days a week.
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The Viral 'Lazy Girl Jobs' TikTok Trend Is Shifting The Perspective On Work-Life Balance
This work culture trend is making noise for all the right reasons
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Meta, Google Advised in Vietnam to Use AI to Detect Toxic Content on Social Media: Report
Vietnam has told cross-border social platforms to use artificial intelligence (AI) models that can detect and remove "toxic" content automatically, the latest requirement in its stringent regime for social media firms, state media reported on Friday. Vietnam has repeatedly asked companies like Meta's Facebook, Google's YouTube and TikTok to coordin...
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TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas Stepping Down From Role After Five Years
TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas is reportedly stepping down after five years with the short-video company owned by China's ByteDance. In an email to staff, Pappas said they would be taking on an advisory role for the company during the transition.
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Former ByteDance Executive Says China Had ‘Supreme Access’ to All Data
A former executive at TikTok parent ByteDance who was fired in 2018 said in a lawsuit that the Chinese Communist Party had a special office within the company that gave it “supreme access” to all data. Yintao “Roger” Yu said he was terminated from his job as head of engineering in the US in retaliation for his complaints to supervisors abou...
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UK Watchdog Fines TikTok Over $15 Million for Breach of Data Protection Law, Misuse of Children's Data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the country's information watchdog estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its own rules not allowing children that age to create an account.
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TikTok May Face GBP 27 Million Fine Over Potential Breach of UK Law, Failure to Protect Children's Privacy
TikTok, the popular video sharing platform that is growing in popularity across the world, may face a GBP 27 million (roughly Rs. 236 crore) fine in the UK over its failure to protect children's privacy when they are using the app. The company may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed “sp...
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TikTok's Global Security Chief Roland Cloutier to Step Down, Reveals Internal Memo
TikTok's global chief security officer Roland Cloutier, who oversees cybersecurity, is stepping down from his role but will stay at the company, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Kim Albarella, a senior member at TikTok's security team, will serve as interim head of Global Security. Albarella previously worked for ADP for more than a d...
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Russian Lawmakers Approve Harsher Rules for Foreign Tech Firms Without Offices, Personal Data Transfer
Russian lawmakers have approved a bill with stricter penalties for foreign internet companies that fail to open an office in Russia. Fines could be as high as 10 percent of a company's turnover in Russia from the previous year, rising to up to 20 percent for repeat violations.
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ByteDance Founder Zhang Yiming Steps Down As Chairman: Report
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has stepped down as chairman of the TikTok owner, after announcing his resignation as chief executive officer in May, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
