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TikTok Ban Looms as President Biden Signs Law With 270-Day Sale Deadline
For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday, beginning a 270-day countdown for a sale ...
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US Senate May Set Up Court Showdown Over TikTok's Free Speech Protections
The U.S. Senate set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok's free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution when it approved a bill on Tuesday to ban the social media platform from app stores unless its Chinese owner sells it.
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TikTok Artists, Advertisers To Stick With App Until "Door Slams Shut"
Ban or no ban, TikTok's partners in the music and advertising world plan to stick with the massively popular short-form video platform until the bitter end, seven industry leaders told Reuters.
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TikTok And Its 'Secret Sauce' Caught In US-China Tussle
As a US campaign to sever TikTok from its Chinese parent heads to the Senate, analysts say Beijing's response to a forced sale of the app -- and its 'secret sauce' algorithm -- will be clear: Hands off.
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"I'm Singaporean": TikTok CEO Grilled By US Senator Repeatedly Over China Connections
Mr Chew affirmed that he is Singaporean and mentioned that Singapore does not allow its citizens to hold dual citizenship.
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Facebook Chief Accused Of Having "Blood On His Hands", His Apology
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the chief executives of TikTok, X, Discord and Snap faced a grilling by hostile US lawmakers on Wednesday over the dangers that children and teens face on social media platforms.
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"Coincidence": TikTok CEO On US Senate's China Connection Allegations
TikTok CEO Shou Chew found himself under scrutiny as lawmakers probed into the platform's ties with China, particularly its parent company ByteDance, and the extent of access granted to the Chinese government, CNN reported.
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Meta, X And TikTok CEOs To Face US Senate Questioning Over Child Safety
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the chief executives of X, TikTok, Discord and Snap face a grilling by US lawmakers on Wednesday over the dangers that social media platforms bring to children and teens.
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Australian Lawmakers Recommend Potential WeChat Ban on Government Devices
A senate committee in Australia has recommended a swathe of rules and restrictions for social media platforms, including potentially banning WeChat on government devices. Companies like TikTok and WeChat posed "unique national security risks" because their parent companies, ByteDance and Tencent, are headquartered in China and subject to its nation...
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US Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bill That Could Give Government New Powers to Ban TikTok
US lawmakers are considering changes to address concerns about a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democratic Senator Mark Warner, who has cosponsored the legislation said on Monday.
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US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Protect TikTok Users’ Data From Being Misused
A bipartisan group of six senators and two members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced legislation to protect Americans’ data from being used by US adversaries. The bill is the latest in a series of proposals aimed at addressing concerns about the data of Americans using foreign-owned social media apps like TikTok.
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TikTok 'Screams' of National Security Concerns, FBI Director Tells US Senate Intelligence Committee
TikTok could be used by China's government to control data on millions of American users, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday. The FBI director told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to US security that TikTok was a tool that was "ultimately within the control of the Chinese government" and that it "screams ou...
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New Bill Could Ban TikTok, Other Foreign Technology Products in US Over Data Collection Concerns
Two US senators plan to introduce legislation this week aimed at letting the government "ban or prohibit" foreign technology products such as Chinese-owned TikTok, Senator Mark Warner said on Sunday. Warner, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said TikTok would be "one of the potentials" for review under the bill.
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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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US Senator Urges Apple, Google to Remove TikTok From App Stores Over National Security Risks
A US Senator on the Senate intelligence committee, asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores for iOS and Android respectively, stating that the short video sharing platform poses a threat to national security. TikTok says China's government cannot access the personal data of US citizens or manipulate the app's content, but the a...
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TikTok Ban Looms as President Biden Signs Law With 270-Day Sale Deadline
For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package. President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday, beginning a 270-day countdown for a sale ...
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US Senate May Set Up Court Showdown Over TikTok's Free Speech Protections
The U.S. Senate set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok's free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution when it approved a bill on Tuesday to ban the social media platform from app stores unless its Chinese owner sells it.
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TikTok Artists, Advertisers To Stick With App Until "Door Slams Shut"
Ban or no ban, TikTok's partners in the music and advertising world plan to stick with the massively popular short-form video platform until the bitter end, seven industry leaders told Reuters.
-
TikTok And Its 'Secret Sauce' Caught In US-China Tussle
As a US campaign to sever TikTok from its Chinese parent heads to the Senate, analysts say Beijing's response to a forced sale of the app -- and its 'secret sauce' algorithm -- will be clear: Hands off.
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"I'm Singaporean": TikTok CEO Grilled By US Senator Repeatedly Over China Connections
Mr Chew affirmed that he is Singaporean and mentioned that Singapore does not allow its citizens to hold dual citizenship.
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Facebook Chief Accused Of Having "Blood On His Hands", His Apology
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the chief executives of TikTok, X, Discord and Snap faced a grilling by hostile US lawmakers on Wednesday over the dangers that children and teens face on social media platforms.
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"Coincidence": TikTok CEO On US Senate's China Connection Allegations
TikTok CEO Shou Chew found himself under scrutiny as lawmakers probed into the platform's ties with China, particularly its parent company ByteDance, and the extent of access granted to the Chinese government, CNN reported.
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Meta, X And TikTok CEOs To Face US Senate Questioning Over Child Safety
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the chief executives of X, TikTok, Discord and Snap face a grilling by US lawmakers on Wednesday over the dangers that social media platforms bring to children and teens.
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Australian Lawmakers Recommend Potential WeChat Ban on Government Devices
A senate committee in Australia has recommended a swathe of rules and restrictions for social media platforms, including potentially banning WeChat on government devices. Companies like TikTok and WeChat posed "unique national security risks" because their parent companies, ByteDance and Tencent, are headquartered in China and subject to its nation...
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US Lawmakers Consider Changes to Bill That Could Give Government New Powers to Ban TikTok
US lawmakers are considering changes to address concerns about a bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democratic Senator Mark Warner, who has cosponsored the legislation said on Monday.
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US Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Protect TikTok Users’ Data From Being Misused
A bipartisan group of six senators and two members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced legislation to protect Americans’ data from being used by US adversaries. The bill is the latest in a series of proposals aimed at addressing concerns about the data of Americans using foreign-owned social media apps like TikTok.
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TikTok 'Screams' of National Security Concerns, FBI Director Tells US Senate Intelligence Committee
TikTok could be used by China's government to control data on millions of American users, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday. The FBI director told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to US security that TikTok was a tool that was "ultimately within the control of the Chinese government" and that it "screams ou...
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New Bill Could Ban TikTok, Other Foreign Technology Products in US Over Data Collection Concerns
Two US senators plan to introduce legislation this week aimed at letting the government "ban or prohibit" foreign technology products such as Chinese-owned TikTok, Senator Mark Warner said on Sunday. Warner, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said TikTok would be "one of the potentials" for review under the bill.
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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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US Senator Urges Apple, Google to Remove TikTok From App Stores Over National Security Risks
A US Senator on the Senate intelligence committee, asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores for iOS and Android respectively, stating that the short video sharing platform poses a threat to national security. TikTok says China's government cannot access the personal data of US citizens or manipulate the app's content, but the a...
