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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    US Supreme Court grants TikTok urgent hearing to stop ban

    US Supreme Court grants TikTok urgent hearing to stop ban The US Supreme Court said it will hear on an expedited basis TikTok’s challenge to a law that would ban the popular social media platform next month if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company. The court scheduled arguments for 10...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Court rejects TikTok's bid to delay US ban from January

    Court rejects TikTok's bid to delay US ban from January TikTok faces a US ban next month after an appeals court declined to pause the measure, which takes effect if the popular video-sharing app isn’t sold by its China-based parent ByteDance Ltd. The company’s request for the pause came after...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    ByteDance must sell TikTok or face US ban

    ByteDance must sell TikTok or face US ban The US has told TikTok’s owners in China to sell their shares or risk a ban of the popular video-sharing app, people familiar with the matter said, a major escalation in the long-running standoff over privacy concerns around Chinese control of its data...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Facebook and TikTok owners have caused over a dozen suicides — Lawsuit

    Facebook and TikTok owners have caused over a dozen suicides — Lawsuit Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children and teenagers but disregarded the information or in some cases sought to undermine it, according to...
  6. Jan

    Turnabout is fair play - TikTok copies Instagram feature

    TikTok copies Instagram with Photo Mode Popular video-sharing app TikTok is adding a new feature called Photo Mode that lets users share multiple images in one post. Posts will be featured on the user's For You page and will support adding music and captions with up to 2,200 characters.
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  7. Jan

    TikTok tracking web activity through WebMD and Weight Watchers

    TikTok tracking activity across the web — even if you don't use the app An investigation by Consumer Reports has found that popular video-sharing app TikTok has partnered with hundreds of organisations to collect data on people as they browse the Internet. The organisations in question embed...
  8. Jan

    Twitter rolls out TikTok-style video player on iOS

    Twitter adding TikTok-like video player Twitter's new "immersive" full-screen video player will offer users a more TikTok-like experience. The company is also adopting a "swipe up" gesture similar to the short-form video app. The microblogging platform announced the change on Thursday, 29...
  9. Jan

    TikTok patches severe security flaw in Android app discovered by Microsoft

    TikTok patches massive one-click vulnerability in its Android app Microsoft's 365 Defender Research Team discovered a vulnerability in TikTok's Android app that could have let attackers take over accounts that clicked on a malicious link. The high-severity security flaw has now been patched...
  10. Rual dV

    US trademark filing hints at TikTok Music app set to take on Spotify and Apple

    TikTok Music could take on Spotify and Apple TikTok owner ByteDance has filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an audio streaming application called TikTok Music. The application was filed on 9 May 2022 and is still awaiting examination.
  11. Jan

    Chinese government asked TikTok for stealth propaganda account

    China asked TikTok for stealth propaganda account A Chinese government entity responsible for public relations attempted to open a stealth account on TikTok targeting Western audiences with propaganda, according to internal messages seen by Bloomberg. The attempt, which met with push-back from...
  12. Jan

    ByteDance disbands Shanghai games studio in expansion setback

    ByteDance Disbands Shanghai Games Studio in Expansion Setback ByteDance Ltd. has shut down a game development studio it acquired just three years ago, slashing more than a hundred jobs in a major setback for its quest to challenge Tencent Holdings Ltd. in mobile gaming. [Bloomberg]
  13. Jan

    Big Tech begins restricting Russian state media platforms

    YouTube, Facebook, TikTok restricting Russian state-media YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are restricting state-owned Russian media channels ahead of a likely European Union ban, aiming to curtail propaganda during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The EU announced a ban Sunday, which...
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  14. Jan

    YouTube, TikTok, Snap distance themselves from Facebook over protections for kids

    We're not like Facebook — YouTube and TikTok YouTube, TikTok and Snap sought to distance themselves before lawmakers on Tuesday from the backlash facing Facebook, saying that they have established privacy protections for kids and teens on their platforms.
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  15. Jan

    TikTok removed 7.26 million accounts of suspected underage users

    TikTok nukes accounts of over 7 million children TikTok, the short-video social-media platform popular among teens, said it removed more than 7 million accounts belonging to children under 13 during the first quarter, taking a significant step in enforcing the required age of users on the app...
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