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‘ByteDance is not an agent of China’: Key moments from TikTok CEO Chew Zi Shou’s US Congress hearing
It was a tough day for TikTok CEO who was grilled by US lawmakers for more than four hours. Chew Zi Shou stood his ground, defending the social media app over its relationship with China, its data collection practices and its impact on young users in a hearing that was hostile
US lawmakers grill TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, call for ban
CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress did little to assuage U.S. worries over TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance and added fresh momentum to lawmakers' calls to ban the platform nationwide
TikTok keen on getting out of trouble, updates content rulebook, asserts never shared data with CCP
TikTok is trying to charm US legislators by changing its content rulebook and asserting that they have never shared data with China, and that they have enough safeguards in place to stop ByteDance China from accessing American user's data.
US, UK, New Zealand and more... Why are these countries banning TikTok?
A growing list of countries is banning the famous video-sharing app TikTok. Their concern is that the app's parent company, ByteDance, would share user data with the Chinese government or push propaganda on it behalf
TikTok Troubles: Why security concerns about the platform keep causing worry
China's foreign ministry has accused the United States itself of spreading disinformation about TikTok's potential security risks
UK bans TikTok on government phones
Britain's National Cyber Security Centre has been reviewing whether TikTok should be barred from government phones, while the United States, Canada, Belgium and the European Commission have already banned the app
Britain mulls TikTok ban over cyber security fears
TikTok has come under increasing focus over fears that user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government, undermining Western security interests
TikTok hires third party to ease data theft accusations
Western powers, including the European Union and the United States, have taken a tough approach to the app, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance. They are worried that Beijing could access sensitive user data from around the world
Explained: Why an increasing number of countries are trying to ban TikTok
Some lawmakers in Europe, the US and Canada are considering bans on TikTok. Earlier, India had banned the platform in mid-2020, claiming they were secretly transmitting users’ data to servers outside the country
TikTok Ban: Canada latest country to ban TikTok from govt managed devices, joins US and EU
Canada became the latest country to ban TikTok on all their government-managed networks and devices. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while announcing the ban, stated that there were enough reasons to worry about the app's security that led to the ban.
TikTok at Risk: Canada starts investigating platform over data collection from young users
Canada joins the list of countries that have become wary of TikTok and ByteDance’s close proximity to the Chinese government. Canadian privacy authorities are investigating TikTok on suspicion of data collection from underage users and pushing harmful content.
Tech Layoffs reach China: TikTok-owner ByteDance planning to layoff thousands in coming months
ByteDance, one of the biggest tech companies in China is planning to lay off at least 10,000 people this year. The company faces many challenges, like an economic slowdown, unviable projects that became too expensive etc. They even had to cancel their IPO.
US universities continue to ban TikTok from campus networks and devices, University of Wisconsin latest
Universities across the US continue to ban TikTok from campus networks and devices. TikTok has already been banned by the state governments of over 22 states and faces a possible federal-level ban in the United States.
TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew meets EU officials amid growing scrutiny on data privacy, cybersecurity
TikTok risks getting banned in the EU as well as the US over concerns about data privacy and cybersecurity. TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew tried to assure EU officials, that TikTok takes privacy seriously and will work closely with officials to safeguard users.
Spying, misinformation and censorship: Why TikTok is seen as a threat to US national security
Many in the United States worry that all information shared on the highly popular video-sharing app TikTok is processed by a Chinese company, where the Communist Party reigns supreme. Critics state that the data shared can be used to defend the Xi Jinping-led party's priorities
TikTok faces a 'permanent ban' in the US, vote on new bipartisan bill to decide fate of ‘Chinese’ app
In 2017, China introduced the National Intelligence Law which required all social media and internet companies, to hand over all user data that they get every year. This is the reason why many countries find it difficult to trust TikTok, ByteDance and other apps that originate in China.
Book review: Attention Factory tells the story of TikTok and the mysterious art of converting attention into dollars
Attention Factory manages to tell a story, humanise the company behind TikTok, dispel myths, and decode the power of short videos that changed the world in 2020
Bytedance CEO Zhang Yiming to step down from his position by the end of 2021
Zhang has also been under enormous pressure to convince the world that TikTok will not hand data over to China's Communist Party.
Fake videos, misinformation on social media inflame Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A video shared by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesperson purportedly of Palestinian militants firing rockets at Israelis from civilian areas in Gaza Strip was taken down by Twitter, as it was a 2018 clip from Syria or Libya
FAU-G game ratings fall to 3.5 stars as PUBG fans bomb reviews on PlayStore
PUBG mobile users have given one-star ratings to FAU-G on Google Play Store something that is called 'review bombing' in the internet world.