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Dead Dog TikTok shows the weakness of algorithms: TikTok's algorithms have people stuck on a viral-grief loop.
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Dead Dog TikTok shows the weakness of algorithms
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, in the Hot Seat, Channels a Silicon Valley Style Icon: Facing questions from U.S. lawmakers, Shou Zi Chew shared a video statement this ...
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, in the Hot Seat, Channels a Silicon Valley Style ...
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Australia Joins TikTok Ban, AG Confirms | TikTok Ban Explained: With the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and the European Union cracking down on TikTok ...
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Australia Joins TikTok Ban, AG Confirms | TikTok Ban Explained
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Dead Dog TikTok shows the weakness of algorithms: TikTok's algorithms have people stuck on a viral-grief loop.
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Dead Dog TikTok shows the weakness of algorithms
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, in the Hot Seat, Channels a Silicon Valley Style Icon: Facing questions from U.S. lawmakers, Shou Zi Chew shared a video statement this ...
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, in the Hot Seat, Channels a Silicon Valley Style ...
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Australia Joins TikTok Ban, AG Confirms | TikTok Ban Explained: With the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and the European Union cracking down on TikTok ...
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Australia Joins TikTok Ban, AG Confirms | TikTok Ban Explained
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What does TikTok do with your data? CEO Shou Zi Chew pressed for answers in tense hearing: What you missed
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What does TikTok do with your data? CEO Shou Zi Chew pressed for answers ...
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TikTok and ByteDance employees regularly engage in “heating,” a manual push that ensures specific videos “achieve a certain number of video views ... Show more

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Congress must ban TikTok. Only American companies can profit from my data.: As TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appears before Congress, I know the youths out there don’t ...
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Congress must ban TikTok. Only American companies can profit from my data.
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TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi ‘tried the best he could’ in US Congress hearing, says analyst
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TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi ‘tried the best he could’ in US Congress hearing ...
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A US TikTok ban is gaining support in Congress. Why some say that would hurt free speech.
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A US TikTok ban is gaining support in Congress. Why some say that would ...
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China says does not ask firms for foreign data as TikTok row grows: BEIJING: China insisted Friday (Mar 24) it does not ask companies to hand over data gathered ...
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China says does not ask firms for foreign data as TikTok row grows
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TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for ban: WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on Thursday (Mar 23) battered TikTok's chief executive about potential ...
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TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for ban
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TikTok CEO in the hot seat: 5 takeaways from his first appearance before Congress
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TikTok CEO in the hot seat: 5 takeaways from his first appearance before ...
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Threat of US ban surges after TikTok lambasted in Congress: Biden's administration will have to move carefully in denying 150 million young Americans their ...
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Threat of US ban surges after TikTok lambasted in Congress
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TikTok ban will make US-China tensions 'even worse', analysts say: Experts say banning the short video app will further advance the tech decoupling ...
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TikTok ban will make US-China tensions 'even worse' ...
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Key takeaways from TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi's US Congress grilling: The Singaporean CEO was questioned by US lawmakers about TikTok's alleged links to ...
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Key takeaways from TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi's US Congress grilling
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Live updates: TikTok CEO Shou Chew testifies at congressional hearing: Tiktok CEO Shou Chew is expected to testify before Congress on Thursday as lawmakers ...
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Live updates: TikTok CEO Shou Chew testifies at congressional hearing
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5 key moments from TikTok CEO Singaporean Chew Shou Zi’s combative hearing in US Congress
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5 key moments from TikTok CEO Singaporean Chew Shou Zi’s combative hearing ...
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Is TikTok getting banned? CEO in for 'tough fight' defending Chinese ownership on Capitol Hill
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Is TikTok getting banned? CEO in for 'tough fight' defending Chinese ...
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TikTok CEO faces off with US Congress over security fears: WASHINGTON: The CEO of TikTok made a rare public appearance Thursday (Mar 23) before a US ...
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TikTok CEO faces off with US Congress over security fears
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Shou Zi Chew Turned Into Fancams After Congress Hearing: “Congress just turned this man into the main character.”
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Shou Zi Chew Turned Into Fancams After Congress Hearing
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'We stan TikTok Daddy': Netizens thirsts for Singaporean tech star Chew Shou Zi, calls him the new 'zaddy'
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'We stan TikTok Daddy': Netizens thirsts for Singaporean tech ...
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Turns Out a Lot of People Are Thirsty for TikTok’s CEO: This week, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in front of Congress to address lawmakers’ concerns about ...
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Turns Out a Lot of People Are Thirsty for TikTok’s CEO
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TikTok Claims It’s Limiting Teen Screen Time. Teens Say It Isn’t.: This month, the company announced a new 60-minute “daily screen time limit” for users under 18 ...
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TikTok Claims It’s Limiting Teen Screen Time. Teens Say It Isn’t.
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TikTok CEO grilled by U.S. lawmakers over China ties: PALO ALTO, U.S./HONG KONG -- TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced withering questions from congressional ...
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TikTok CEO grilled by U.S. lawmakers over China ties
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The Case Against TikTok: Why TikTok’s CEO is getting yelled at in Washington.
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The Case Against TikTok
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In China, embattled TikTok chief seen as hero defying bullying U.S.: Chinese companies planning to invest in the United States are also expressing worry that ...
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In China, embattled TikTok chief seen as hero defying bullying U.S.
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These are the countries where TikTok is banned: More than a dozen countries around the world have introduced full, partial or public sector bans on TikTok.
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These are the countries where TikTok is banned
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House Committee: ‘TikTok’s Time is Up’: TikTok’s chief executive testified before a House committee for more than five hours, unifying lawmakers who expressed ...
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House Committee: ‘TikTok’s Time is Up’
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March 24, 2023 — Today's Biggest News Stories: The US bills that could ban TikTok, a unique gun violence case, and the Trans Rights Readathon.
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March 24, 2023 — Today's Biggest News Stories
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America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than TikTok: A hearing about the privacy threats posed by TikTok's Chinese ownership obscured the reality that ...
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America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than TikTok
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Live updates: US Congress in hostile grilling of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew - BBC News
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Live updates: US Congress in hostile grilling of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew - ...
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WATCH: TikTok CEO grilled by skeptical lawmakers on safety, content: U.S. lawmakers grilled the CEO of TikTok over data security and harmful content Thursday ...
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WATCH: TikTok CEO grilled by skeptical lawmakers on safety, content
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TikTok Isn’t the Solo Problem. Tech Needs Tougher Regulation: Let’s have clear privacy laws in the US, clear penalties for those who abuse them—and rules that ...
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TikTok Isn’t the Solo Problem. Tech Needs Tougher Regulation
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TikTok to be blocked from 'all parliamentary devices' over cyber security fears
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TikTok to be blocked from 'all parliamentary devices' over cyber ...
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TikTok mocked the congressional hearing that might ban the app: TikTokers are calling the politicians "out-of-touch boomers" and criticizing how they're pressing ...
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TikTok mocked the congressional hearing that might ban the app
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TikTok’s CEO Fails to Placate U.S. Lawmakers Eager to Ban It: TikTok CEO Shou Chew’s appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury ...
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TikTok’s CEO Fails to Placate U.S. Lawmakers Eager to Ban It
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Rand Paul: Opposition to TikTok ban based on free speech, not his ties to top investor
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Rand Paul: Opposition to TikTok ban based on free speech, not his ties to ...
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From Goldman Sachs banker to TikTok CEO: Who is Singaporean Chew Shou Zi?: A Hwa Chong alumnus, he was once an intern at Facebook. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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From Goldman Sachs banker to TikTok CEO: Who is Singaporean Chew Shou Zi?
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The potential personal and political fallout of a TikTok ban: TikTok is the fastest growing app on the planet with more than 150 million monthly users in the U.S ...
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The potential personal and political fallout of a TikTok ban
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‘Earnest and temperate’: TikTok’s Singaporean CEO’s poise fails to sway sceptics in US Congress
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‘Earnest and temperate’: TikTok’s Singaporean CEO’s poise fails to sway ...
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TikTok’s CEO Got A Bipartisan Beatdown In Congress: Shou Zi Chew was forced to defend the Chinese-owned app, which some US lawmakers want to ban.
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TikTok’s CEO Got A Bipartisan Beatdown In Congress
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TikTok Has a Not-So-Secret Weapon. Does It Matter?: The platform flew influencers out to D.C.
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TikTok Has a Not-So-Secret Weapon. Does It Matter?
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TikTok Heavily Scrutinized On Security In Congressional Hearing: TikTok faced intense scrutiny from Congress's Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday ...
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TikTok Heavily Scrutinized On Security In Congressional Hearing
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TikTok faces uncertain future after 5-hour congressional thrashing: Biden administration officials are said to believe they do not have the legal authority to ...
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TikTok faces uncertain future after 5-hour congressional thrashing
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'Yes or no?' US politicians grill TikTok boss: The TikTok CEO faced US lawmakers during a Congressional hearing on the app's practices.
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'Yes or no?' US politicians grill TikTok boss
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Snapchat, Meta jump as TikTok CEO gives 'disaster' testimony to Congress: "If ByteDance fights against this forced sale, TikTok will likely be banned in the US ...
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Snapchat, Meta jump as TikTok CEO gives 'disaster' testimony to Congress
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Americans Love Using TikTok. Politicians Love Punching TikTok.: The video app’s CEO went to Congress and got a verbal beating.
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Americans Love Using TikTok. Politicians Love Punching TikTok.
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TikTok 'Time Traveler' Says Aliens Are Coming Same Day as Senate Hearing: TikTok CEO Shou Chew is making his first appearance before Congress amid calls from ...
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TikTok 'Time Traveler' Says Aliens Are Coming Same Day as Senate Hearing
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TikTok hearing live updates: CEO faces unusually intense grilling, as Congress questions ties to China
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TikTok hearing live updates: CEO faces unusually intense grilling ...
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TikTok’s users long to be famous for 15 seconds—but the app’s CEO usually avoids the limelight. Not today
Who is Shou Zi Chew, TikTok’s chief executive?: He is desperate to convince American legislators that the social-media app is harmless
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Who is Shou Zi Chew, TikTok’s chief executive?
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Singaporean TikTok CEO testifies before US Congress over company’s China ties: He is testifying before US lawmakers who say the Chinese-owned app poses a ...
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Singaporean TikTok CEO testifies before US Congress over company’s China ...
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This dissident uses Chinese-owned TikTok to criticize China’s government: Kim Wong’s TikTok videos highlight the complicated reality of the push to ban one of ...
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This dissident uses Chinese-owned TikTok to criticize China’s government
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Why does US see Chinese-owned TikTok as a security threat?: TikTok has been closely scrutinized over whether the data it has on 150 million American users is ...
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Why does US see Chinese-owned TikTok as a security threat?
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China rejects sale of TikTok : Hours before TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was set to appear before Congress on Thursday, the Chinese government said it would strongly ...
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China rejects sale of TikTok
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Houston influencers react to possible U.S. TikTok ban: Bisma Parvez, Janet Perales and Marissa Fiala say TikTok provides revenue, exposure for small businesses ...
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Houston influencers react to possible U.S. TikTok ban
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Who is TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew? Key facts ahead of his congressional hearing.: Shou Zi Chew, 40, a Singaporean and ex-Facebook intern who is the public face of ...
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Who is TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew? Key facts ahead of his congressional ...
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TikTok Pleads for Its U.S. Future: Chief executive Shou Zi Chew will represent the company in its first appearance before Congress on Thursday morning.
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TikTok Pleads for Its U.S. Future