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How ByteDance Is Expanding Its Reach Beyond TikTok With CapCut—One of the Most Popular Apps in America
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Barça Women arrive on TikTok: The social media channel is a way for the Club to bring the players close to the fans and engage new audiences amongst the more 1bn ...
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Banning TikTok Won’t Keep Us Safe: Julia Angwin Critiques Bipartisan Attack on Chinese Firm
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Paid articlePaywall Some Ohio members of Congress want to ban TikTok. One is using the app to reach voters
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Column: Congress is right about TikTok privacy concerns: If China had a different political system, and different political ambitions, few would care about the ...
latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-03-28/tiktok-congress-national-security-us-politics-social-media-app-techonology-wifi-china

Does TikTok Ban Allow for 20 Year Prison Sentence?: The criminal penalties of the Senate's bipartisan RESTRICT Act includes up to a million dollars in fines and ...
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Paid articlePaywall TikTok warning for parents: 5 steps to keep children safe on app after safety fears and ban by governments
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Biden stuck between China hawks, young voters as TikTok pressure mounts: The administration faces national security concerns over the app’s ownership — and a ...
washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/03/28/tiktok-biden-ban-china-congress/

Here's Everything We Know About The Possible TikTok Ban: TikTok is the main discourse we’ve seen on our timelines lately after the announcement from ...
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Possible Tiktok-Aus: What does that mean for German social media startups?: The ban on Tiktok is being discussed in the USA. We asked ourselves: How are German ...
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TikTok ban inevitable after the grilling of CEO?: Following the harsh questioning of the CEO of the social media platform by Washington legislators on Friday ...
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Why Tiktok is in the focus of the US authorities: In its fight against the Chinese tech industry, the USA is now also taking on the Tiktok video portal ...
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How the world is turning against social media: France has banned not only TikTok from government phones, but Facebook and Twitter, too ...
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Paid articlePaywall My 45 seconds on the government’s TikTok ban: Why worry about TikTok when you’ve still got HanCock and OakShok?
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France bans TikTok, Twitter from government staff phones amid security concerns: The move Friday follows similar restrictions on TikTok in democratic countries ...
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‘Does it access Wi-Fi?’: TikTok CEO stunned: TikTok’s chief executive was finally grilled by US politicians on Thursday.
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What does TikTok know about you? Experts reveal how much data it collects & how to make profiles more secure
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Swedish military bans TikTok on work phones: Sweden's military said Monday it was banning staff members from using Chinese-owned TikTok on work devices due ...
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TikTok ban supported by most readers, but many point their finger at the US: While many readers support banning TikTok in the U.S., others say that U.S ...
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Paid articlePaywall A TikTok ban is just ‘a Band-Aid on maybe a small scab,’ N.Y. Democrat says : Rep. Jamaal Bowman said we need broader national data privacy legislation ...
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France to ban TikTok on work phones of civil servants – minister: France follows similar bans by the UK, Dutch and Belgian administrations, and the New Zealand ...
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BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: TikTok trapped in a clash of cultures: What does one make of the hearings in the US Congress this week on whether the US ...
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Why more and more governments are banning TikTok from their devices: London City Hall is falling in the footsteps of the UK Government by banning TikTok on ...
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Greater London Authority bans TikTok on staff devices: London City Hall staff will no longer be allowed to have TikTok on their devices in the latest ban imposed ...
rte.ie/news/2023/0325/1366298-tiktok/
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Automakers Tell Congress To Ban Chinese Connected Cars, Permanently: US automakers, through the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, want Chinese connected cars ...
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China’s 360 says it has developed tools to match Anthropic’s Mythos: Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 Security Technology has developed what it calls a domestic ...
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TikTok Hackers Target Paris Hilton, CNN, and More. What to Know About the Cyberattack
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Key FactsTikTok Election: Impact on Political Landscape
Jun 8, 2024 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- The youthful user base of TikTok and Labour's significant lead among younger voters have given the app an unusual role in the elections.
- TikTok users are already inclined to vote Labour, making it an unreliable way to reach undecided voters.
- The app is culturally powerful but poses a challenge for political campaigns due to its opaque recommendation algorithm.
- TikTok is described as 'essentially television,' mainly used for voter mobilization rather than persuasion.

TikTok Ban Heads to the Supreme Court. Here’s What to Know.: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected TikTok’s challenge to a law that could effectively ban the ...
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Canada bans Chinese app WeChat from government devices: It's worried about spying with the app, which is like WhatsApp, Facebook, Amazon and Tinder combined
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TikTok tells MPs it wouldn’t share Canadian data with Chinese government: MPs grilled executives from social media video platform TikTok over the company’s links ...
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TikTok CEO says ‘we will prevail’ against Montana ban: TikTok CEO Shou Chew vowed Tuesday that his company’s legal battle against Montana will succeed ...
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US TikTok ban would be a blow to businesses relying on popular video app to build audiences
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TikTok Could Get a Lifeline From Big Tech as a US Ban Looms: US tech companies are pushing to narrow the scope of legislation that could ban TikTok in the US ...
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Republican lawmakers demand TikTok ban for members of Congress: The move escalates an ongoing attack on the China-based social media app.
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Key FactsDespite government concerns, Australian media will continue to use TikTok.
Apr 18, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Because of its Chinese ownership, the social media app TikTok is creating worry in many Western democracies.
- Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has declared that TikTok will be removed from government devices.
- Zara Seidler, co-founder of the social media-driven youth news site The Daily Aus, which has 52,600 followers and 3.5 million likes on TikTok, believes it is critical to stay on the platform.
- Government employees, in contrast to media organizations, have less need to be on TikTok on work devices, although exceptions can be given if they must use the platform.

AOC TikTok defense ripped after Chinese parent company gave 6-figure donations to Hispanic caucus nonprofits
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TikTok users shrug at China fears: 'It's hard to care': Political outcry about TikTok national security risks has made little dent among users.
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U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok: The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President ...
reuters.com/technology/us-house-panel-approves-bill-give-biden-power-ban-tiktok-2023-03-01/
Key FactsGina Raimondo is now a China player at a position where her predecessor used to nap.
Apr 15, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance
- Raimondo is in charge of a lot of China policy these days.
- McCaul is one of several Republican politicians who have attempted to portray Raimondo as soft on China.
- One describes the fear they feel when Raimondo boards an aircraft, knowing there would be a flood of emails as soon as she returns online.
- "The more you know, the more worried you are about China," Raimondo adds.

Biden Has Never Been Under More Pressure From Congress to Ban TikTok: The growing clamor in Congress to completely ban the popular social media platform TikTok ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-25/tiktok-ban-gains-steam-in-us-congress-dialing-up-pressure-on-biden

U.S. Senate passes bill to bar federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devices
reuters.com/world/us/north-dakota-iowa-join-other-us-states-banning-tiktok-state-owned-devices-2022-12-14/
Key FactsUtah joins other Republican states in banning TikTok from public devices.
Apr 17, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance
- Cox is wary of TikTok since it is controlled by the Beijing-based corporation ByteDance, and he is suspicious of the company's ties to the Chinese government.
- "China's access to data collected by TikTok presents a threat to our cybersecurity," Cox stated in a news release this week.
- Apart from the international politics, TikTok is identical to many social networking apps, according to privacy researcher Sameer Patil on Tuesday.
- Patil mentioned a less serious scenario.

US lawmakers propose bill to ban TikTok - Punch Newspapers
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FBI director raises national security concerns about TikTok: FBI Director Chris Wray is raising national security concerns about TikTok, warning Friday that ...
ctvnews.ca/world/fbi-director-raises-national-security-concerns-about-tiktok-1.6179049

TikTok says staff in China can access UK and EU user data: The Chinese social media giant said the policy is "based on a demonstrated need to do their job".
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Key FactsTikTok personnel in China have been granted access to UK user data.
Apr 20, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance
- TikTok has informed its users in the United Kingdom and Europe that their data can be viewed by some of its employees all around the world, including China.
- Elaine Fox, TikTok's head of privacy for Europe, stated on Wednesday that 'some personnel' in its corporate offices throughout the world were given'remote access to TikTok European user data'.
- The popular video-sharing network has been under assault from governments all over the world, including the United Kingdom and the United States, on fears that its data could be passed on to the Chinese government.
- TikTok is facing political and regulatory worries in Beijing regarding the access to its user data (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images).

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