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TikTok says to sue over Trump crackdown

Juliette Michel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 07:10 AM

Video app TikTok said Saturday it will challenge in court a Trump administration crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned service, which Washington accuses of being a national security threat.   Read more »

TikTok pulls 380,000 videos in US for hate content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 09:10 AM

TikTok on Thursday said it has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US this year as part of a part of a mission to "eliminate hate" on the platform. Read more »

TikTok ramps up defense against US accusations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 07:37 AM

TikTok on Monday stepped up its defense against US accusations that the popular video app is a national security threat, denouncing what it called "rumors and misinformation" about its links to the Chinese government.   Read more »

Twitter, TikTok discuss potential combination: WSJ

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 09 09:53 AM

Twitter is in preliminary discussions for a possible combination with TikTok, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, after US President Donald Trump said he would ban the app, calling it a threat to national security. Read more »

US wants to eliminate Chinese apps from US app stores

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 06 08:02 AM

The US is expanding its China-targeted Clean Network program to include Chinese-made cellphone apps and cloud computing services that it claims are security risks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday.   Read more »

Trump sets September 15 deadline for TikTok sale

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 05:11 AM

US President Donald Trump said Monday that popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok would be "out of business" in the United States if it did not sell its US operations by September 15, preferably to an American buyer. Read more »

Microsoft says to keep exploring TikTok purchase after talks with Trump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 09:02 AM

Microsoft said Sunday it was continuing talks with Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok to purchase its US operations, following a meeting with President Donald Trump. Read more »

Trump says will bar TikTok from US

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 01 12:59 PM

United States President Donald Trump said Friday he will bar fast-growing social media app TikTok from the United States as American authorities have raised concerns the service could be a tool for Chinese intelligence. Read more »

'Maligning attacks': TikTok pushes back, says it's 'not the enemy'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 04:03 AM

TikTok pushed back Wednesday at what it called "maligning attacks" by Facebook as the fast-growing video-sharing app claimed it helps competition in the US market. Read more »

TikTok’s parent said to weigh selling a majority stake in the video app

Michael J. de la Merced and Erin Griffith, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 24 08:16 AM

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is weighing its ownership options for the popular video app after the Trump administration threatened to ban the app from the United States this month, according to people briefed on the discussions. Read more »

Domestic workers among few Hong Kongers who will miss TikTok

Katie Forster, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 09 11:58 AM

HONG KONG - TikTok's exit from Hong Kong was met with a shrug among many locals who distrust the Chinese social media platform, but the app had been embraced by many foreign domestic workers as a way to creatively escape the drudgery of their toil.   Read more »

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 »