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China censors online Ukraine debate, bars calls for peace

Eduardo Baptista, Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 08:05 AM

China's censors are silencing views of citizens protesting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read more »

Facebook launches Reels globally

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 06:40 AM

Facebook is launching its short video feature Reels to more than 150 countries, its owner Meta Platforms said on Tuesday. Read more »

TikTok bars deadnaming, updates rules on hate speech

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Feb 11 10:51 AM

TikTok is changing its definition of hate speech to include deadnaming and misgendering, part of an overhaul of the video app's community guidelines. Read more »

TikTok tells Lawmakers it does not give information to China gov't

Diane Bartz and Sheila Dang, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 08:34 AM

An executive at TikTok faced tough questions on Tuesday during the video-sharing app's first appearance at a US congressional hearing, saying it does not give information to the Chinese government and has sought to safeguard US data. Read more »

TikTok says it has more than 1 billion users

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 05:10 AM

TikTok said Monday it now has more than a billion active users, just 4 years after the video-sharing app was launched by Chinese group ByteDance. Read more »

ByteDance says it will downsize fintech business

Reuters
Posted at Sep 02 11:57 AM

Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, said on Wednesday that it would shrink its financial services unit. Read more »

TikTok fined 750,000 euros for Dutch privacy violation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 08:44 PM

Dutch data protection authorities issued a 750,000-euro fine against TikTok on Thursday, saying the social media service violated the privacy of young children in the Netherlands. Read more »

TikTok owner ByteDance's 2020 revenue soars, net loss at $45 billion

Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 02:43 PM

TikTok owner ByteDance's total revenue more than doubled last year to $34.3 billion but its net loss widened to $45 billion, according to a company memo seen by Reuters.   Read more »

Bytedance billionaire CEO to leave post to 'read and daydream'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 01:50 PM

The Chinese tycoon boss of TikTok parent Bytedance said Thursday that he will leave the role because he lacks managerial skills and preferred "reading and daydreaming" to running the tech giant.   Read more »

Facing pressure at home, Chinese tech giants expand in Singapore

Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 06:22 PM

Chinese tech giants are expanding in Singapore as they face a crackdown at home and growing pressure in other key markets -- but they may struggle to find talent in the city-state. Read more »

ByteDance says India's freeze on bank accounts is harassment - court filing

Abhirup Roy and Aditya Kalra, Reuters
Posted at Apr 05 07:39 AM

China's ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally, according to a filing seen by Reuters. Read more »

TikTok creator buys maker of Mobile Legends, biggest esports game in Southeast Asia

Josh Ye, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 23 06:09 PM

TikTok maker ByteDance announced on Monday its biggest video game acquisition to date with Moonton Technology, which is being bought for an undisclosed amount by the company’s Nuverse studio, netting the tech giant one of the biggest mobile games in Southeast Asia as it seeks to rival Tencent Holdings as an equal in the industry. Read more »

China summons tech giants over internet security

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 02:44 PM

Chinese authorities on Thursday summoned 11 tech companies including Tencent, Alibaba, and TikTok parent ByteDance, for talks on internet security -- as regulators step up scrutiny on the country's high-flying firms. Read more »

TikTok considers introducing group chat feature this year: sources

Fanny Potkin and Yingzhi Yang, Reuters
Posted at Mar 17 06:49 PM

Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, putting the Chinese-owned app in more direct competition with social media rivals such as Facebook. Read more »

ByteDance in preliminary talks to list TikTok in NYSE: Global Times

Reuters
Posted at Feb 17 09:20 AM

TikTok's parent company ByteDance is in preliminary talks to list the video app on the New York Stock Exchange, China's Global Times newspaper tweeted on Wednesday, citing sources. Read more »

US extends TikTok sale deadline to December 4

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 08:48 AM

The US Treasury on Wednesday said it had extended by seven days the November 27 deadline given to the Chinese owner of TikTok to sell the popular social media platform's American business.   Read more »

TikTok expands features to give parents more control of their teenagers' accounts

Reuters
Posted at Nov 18 08:50 AM

Video-sharing app TikTok said on Tuesday it is giving parents more control options, including the ability to monitor what their teenagers can view on the platform. Read more »

TikTok says it filed challenge to Trump's divestiture order

Reuters
Posted at Nov 11 09:11 AM

Chinese-owned short video sharing app TikTok said late on Tuesday it had filed a petition in a U.S. Appeals Court challenging a Trump administration order set to take effect on Thursday. Read more »

China should expect no reprieve from Trump measures under Biden: analysts

Alexandra Alper and Michael Martina, Reuters
Posted at Nov 10 04:03 AM

WASHINGTON - When he enters the White House in January, Joe Biden will likely stick with the Trump administration's harsh policies toward Chinese tech giants like Huawei Technologies, bowing to anti-China sentiment among US lawmakers from both parties. Read more »

US insists on need to ban TikTok

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 06:37 AM

US President Donald Trump's administration has insisted on the need to ban TikTok due to national security concerns in a new court filing ahead of a plan to make the video app unavailable on November 12.   Read more »