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Disney's streaming chief Mayer to become TikTok CEO

Katie Paul and Lisa Richwine, Reuters
Updated as of May 19 08:27 AM

Walt Disney Co's top streaming executive, Kevin Mayer, will leave the entertainment and theme parks giant to become the chief executive officer of TikTok, the popular video app owned by China's ByteDance Technology Co, the companies said on Monday. Read more »

Millions in China banish virus blues with online games, video apps

Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 04:03 PM

BEIJING/SHANGHAI - Online games and short video apps have been among the few beneficiaries of China's virus outbreak, raking in millions of views and downloads as people stuck in self-quarantine at home seek entertainment and ways to beguile their time. Read more »

TikTok accused in California lawsuit of sending user data to China

Katie Paul, Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 11:08 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - A California college student has accused popular video-sharing app TikTok in a class-action lawsuit of transferring private user data to servers in China, despite the company's assurances that it does not store personal data there. Read more »

TikTok's Musical.ly deal needs US national security review -senator

David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper, Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 08:04 AM

Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday asked a US national security panel to review TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's acquisition of Musical.ly, arguing TikTok is used by the Chinese government to censor politically sensitive content. Read more »