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China Announces Two-Hour Daily Limit on Children's Phone Screen Time, Tech Shares Tumble
China's cyberspace regulator has cracked down on the use of smartphones by children, introducing a limit of up to 2 hours of screen time. Children in China between the ages of 16 and 18 will get two hours of screen time, those aged eight to 16 would get one hour, while children under the age of eight would only get access to eight minutes of screen...
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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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TikTok Files Lawsuit Against US State Montana's Ban on App, Says It Violates Rights of Company, Users
TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the state of Montana's new ban on use of the Chinese-owned app, the first state to bar the popular short-video sharing service.
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Tencent Is Bringing Content Creators to WeChat to Challenge TikTok's Dominance
WeChat Pay became the second-biggest player in China's mobile payment market within a year of its 2013 launch, behind Alipay which is owned by Jack Ma-founded Ant Group. Two sources familiar with Tencent said the importance of Channels has been repeatedly communicated within the company.
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Government Said to Seek Ouster of Chinese Firms From Affordable Smartphone Market
The government is said to be seeking to restrict the sale of smartphones from companies including Xiaomi in the country. Brands like Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi are facing tax demands and money laundering allegations, after a close scrutiny of their finances, while companies like WeChat, TikTok and PUBG Mobile have been banned in the country over securi...
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US Senators Seek Report on Security Review of TikTok a Week After Data Transferred to Oracle
A group of six Republican senators have asked the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about an ongoing national security review of social media platform TikTok.The senators want to know "will TikTok be locally managed in the United States?"
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Apple Retains Most Valuable Brand Title in 2022; Amazon, Google, Microsoft Amongst Top 10 Brands: Report
Apple has continued to be the world’s most valuable brand in 2022, according to a report by Brand Finance. Following Apple, Amazon and Google are titled as the two most valuable brands around the globe this year.
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US Agency Submits Initial Recommendations On App Data Security To White House
The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday it submitted an initial set of recommendations on data security under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden.
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TikTok-Parent ByteDance Says It Will Downsize Fintech Business, Plans to Sell Stock Broker Operations
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, said that it would shrink its financial services unit and that it planned to sell its stock broking operations amid China's tightening grip on the financial technology sector.
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TikTok US Ruling: Biden Administration Asks Courts to Dismiss Government Appeals
The Biden administration asked two federal appeals courts to dismiss the Justice Department's legal challenges to court rulings that barred a Trump-era effort to ban new downloads of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
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TikTok to Now Let Users Create Longer Videos of Up to 3 Minutes
TikTok said it will introduce an option over the next few weeks to let users on its platform create longer videos of up to three minutes.
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TikTok Removes Nearly 62 Million Videos in Q1 2021 for Guideline Violations
TikTok said it had removed nearly 62 million videos from its platform during the first three months of the year for violating its guidelines, as it seeks to address security- and privacy-related concerns.
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TikTok, WeChat Rescinded From Prohibited Transactions List by US Commerce Department
The US Commerce Department said Monday it was rescinding a list of prohibited transactions with TikTok and WeChat that were issued in September as the Trump administration sought to block new US downloads of both Chinese-owned apps.
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Chinese Apps Said to Face Subpoenas or Bans Under US President Joe Biden’s Order
US President Joe Biden's executive order aimed at safeguarding Americans' sensitive data would force some Chinese apps to take tougher measures to protect private information if they want to remain in the US market, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Positive Step In Right Direction: China On US Revoking TikTok, WeChat Ban
A relieved China on Thursday welcomed the US move to drop the Trump-era executive orders to ban its popular apps TikTok and WeChat, saying it is a "positive step in the right direction".
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China Announces Two-Hour Daily Limit on Children's Phone Screen Time, Tech Shares Tumble
China's cyberspace regulator has cracked down on the use of smartphones by children, introducing a limit of up to 2 hours of screen time. Children in China between the ages of 16 and 18 will get two hours of screen time, those aged eight to 16 would get one hour, while children under the age of eight would only get access to eight minutes of screen...
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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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TikTok Files Lawsuit Against US State Montana's Ban on App, Says It Violates Rights of Company, Users
TikTok on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the state of Montana's new ban on use of the Chinese-owned app, the first state to bar the popular short-video sharing service.
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Tencent Is Bringing Content Creators to WeChat to Challenge TikTok's Dominance
WeChat Pay became the second-biggest player in China's mobile payment market within a year of its 2013 launch, behind Alipay which is owned by Jack Ma-founded Ant Group. Two sources familiar with Tencent said the importance of Channels has been repeatedly communicated within the company.
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Government Said to Seek Ouster of Chinese Firms From Affordable Smartphone Market
The government is said to be seeking to restrict the sale of smartphones from companies including Xiaomi in the country. Brands like Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi are facing tax demands and money laundering allegations, after a close scrutiny of their finances, while companies like WeChat, TikTok and PUBG Mobile have been banned in the country over securi...
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US Senators Seek Report on Security Review of TikTok a Week After Data Transferred to Oracle
A group of six Republican senators have asked the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about an ongoing national security review of social media platform TikTok.The senators want to know "will TikTok be locally managed in the United States?"
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Apple Retains Most Valuable Brand Title in 2022; Amazon, Google, Microsoft Amongst Top 10 Brands: Report
Apple has continued to be the world’s most valuable brand in 2022, according to a report by Brand Finance. Following Apple, Amazon and Google are titled as the two most valuable brands around the globe this year.
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US Agency Submits Initial Recommendations On App Data Security To White House
The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday it submitted an initial set of recommendations on data security under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden.
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TikTok-Parent ByteDance Says It Will Downsize Fintech Business, Plans to Sell Stock Broker Operations
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, said that it would shrink its financial services unit and that it planned to sell its stock broking operations amid China's tightening grip on the financial technology sector.
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TikTok US Ruling: Biden Administration Asks Courts to Dismiss Government Appeals
The Biden administration asked two federal appeals courts to dismiss the Justice Department's legal challenges to court rulings that barred a Trump-era effort to ban new downloads of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
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TikTok to Now Let Users Create Longer Videos of Up to 3 Minutes
TikTok said it will introduce an option over the next few weeks to let users on its platform create longer videos of up to three minutes.
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TikTok Removes Nearly 62 Million Videos in Q1 2021 for Guideline Violations
TikTok said it had removed nearly 62 million videos from its platform during the first three months of the year for violating its guidelines, as it seeks to address security- and privacy-related concerns.
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TikTok, WeChat Rescinded From Prohibited Transactions List by US Commerce Department
The US Commerce Department said Monday it was rescinding a list of prohibited transactions with TikTok and WeChat that were issued in September as the Trump administration sought to block new US downloads of both Chinese-owned apps.
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Chinese Apps Said to Face Subpoenas or Bans Under US President Joe Biden’s Order
US President Joe Biden's executive order aimed at safeguarding Americans' sensitive data would force some Chinese apps to take tougher measures to protect private information if they want to remain in the US market, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Positive Step In Right Direction: China On US Revoking TikTok, WeChat Ban
A relieved China on Thursday welcomed the US move to drop the Trump-era executive orders to ban its popular apps TikTok and WeChat, saying it is a "positive step in the right direction".
