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"I'm gonna save TikTok": Trump goes head to head with the Supreme Court in battle over Chinese-owned app

Donald Trump has issued an executive order to prevent TikTok from shutting down in the US, despite the Supreme Court ruling it posed a national security risk

Evening Standard

TikTok is hiring policy managers for ‘shocking and graphic content’

Duties include watching "deeply disturbing content on a daily basis."

Fortune

'We aren't going anywhere,' TikTok CEO says as company vows to fight US ban

US President Joe Biden signed a bill ordering TikTok to be sold or blocked earlier today.

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TikTok To Fight US Ban Law In Courts

TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the China government.

International Business Times

TikTok Ban in US Pushed: ByteDance Ordered to Sell within a Year

In response to Congress passing a bill threatening a TikTok ban, ByteDance vows legal action while Rumble offers to acquire, stirring lawmaker polarisation.

International Business Times UK

Is TikTok safe for kids and teenagers? Not really no, here's what the experts have to say about it (and how to make it safer if your teen already has it)

Parents are concerned about the safety of children using social media, so we've done some digging and asked the experts to explain if TikTok is safe for kids.

GoodToKnow

Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?

A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet

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The theme and A-list hosts for the 2024 Met Gala have officially been announced

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Gulf remains for tech CEOs, Senate on kids’ online safety - Roll Call

Tech executives gave little ground when it came to endorsing bipartisan legislation aimed at addressing online child safety.

Roll Call

Singaporeans Unhappy with US Senator's Ignorant Views on TikTok CEO's Nationality

Singaporeans express frustration and criticism towards U.S. senator's questioning of TikTok CEO's nationality and alleged affiliation with the Chinese Comm...

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Tom Cotton grills Singaporean TikTok CEO: Are you a Chinese Communist?

TikTok faced scrutiny Wednesday along with other social media sites over child safety. But its Singaporean CEO was grilled over his nationality when a senator repeatedly asked whether he has CCP ties.

WEKU

Why did Mark Zuckerberg apologise at the US Senate?

Parents of affected children said the Meta CEO’s apology was ‘a bit too late’.

Al Jazeera

US Lawmakers Win Apology From Zuckerberg In Tech Grilling

The executives convened by the US Senate Judiciary Committee were put to task in a session titled "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis."

International Business Times

CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok grilled about online child safety at US hearing

Parents and lawmakers say executives are not doing enough to thwart dangers, including sexual exploitation and bullying.

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Fortune

Jewish tech leaders met with TikTok’s CEO to raise concerns that the platform is biased toward Pro-Palestine content

The group, which includes the founders of Gusto, Bonobos, and Tinder, did not mince words with TikTok boss Shou Zi Chew. “I don’t believe I can trust you," one of them told Chew.

The Guardian - UK

TikTok says it has acted to curb disinformation amid Israel-Hamas war

Moves comes after EU wrote to social media platform calling on it to step up its efforts over illegal content

Fortune

New rules from Jakarta are dealing a blow to TikTok's e-commerce dreams

The social media giant TikTok puts a pause on TikTok Shop, its online retail operation, in Indonesia to comply with new government restrictions.

Tribune News Service

What’s a nonprofit to do when TikTok takes its name? Project Texas is fighting back

Kendall Hill was in a meeting at Pegasus Park, a tech hub in Dallas, as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in front of Congress on March 23. As Chew spoke to U.S. officials, Hill received a vague message from a friend.

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Bangkok Post

TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia

JAKARTA: Short video app TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of United States dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security.

The Independent UK

Senators call on TikTok CEO to explain 'inaccurate' statements about how company manages US data

Two U.S. senators are asking TikTok to explain what they called “misleading or inaccurate” statements about how it stores and provides access to U.S. user data

The Guardian - UK

Chinese communist party ‘accessed Hong Kong protesters’ TikTok data’

Ruling party accessed user data including Sim card ID and IP addresses, former executive alleges in legal filing

The Independent UK

Former ByteDance executive says Chinese Communist Party tracked Hong Kong protesters via data

A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company which owns the popular short-video app TikTok, says in a legal filing that some members of the ruling Communist Party used data held by the company to identify and locate protesters in Hong Kong

Zenger

Montana Becomes The First State To Bank TikTok

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte expressed concerns of national security with ties to foreign adversaries.

Al Jazeera

Montana governor signs into law first-of-its-kind TikTok ban

Governor Greg Gianforte, a Republican, denounced the social media app’s alleged ties to China’s Communist government.

TechRadar

Chinese Party has 'supreme access' to all TikTok data, claims former employee

Allegations against ByteDance also include spreading China propaganda and "worldwide scheme" to profit from competitors' content.

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