Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from TikTok

Scottish Government bans TikTok from work devices over cybersecurity fears

Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the ban is effective immediately.

The Independent UK

TikTok to be banned from UK parliamentary devices

Move follows UK government’s decision to ban Chinese-owned video-sharing app

The Guardian - UK

TikTok ban: UK parliament and Scottish government block app amid alarm over security

Blocks announced during hearings in US Congress over potential total ban on app

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘I was kicked out of university for posing in underwear on Instagram’

Sarah Button hit the headlines late last year after revealing on TikTok that she was caught at the airport with a sex toy filled with her boyfriend’s ashes

The Independent UK

From Facebook intern to the crosshairs of Congress: TikTok chief’s stellar rise

Shou Zi Chew, who joined ByteDance, the parent company in 2021, won’t let his children use the app

The Guardian - UK

BBC EastEnders legend is spotted working at family newsagents

He said some customers have done a double-take when they see him

Wales Online

Watch live: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before US Congress

Watch live from Washington as TikTok's CEO testifies before the US house of representatives energy and commerce committee.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Lawmakers urge TikTok ban in hearing with app's CEO

Shou Zi Chew will be grilled by members of Congress as pressure mounts on TikTok's owners.

Axios

TikTok Is Too Popular To Ban

Plus: Police sue Afroman for using footage from raid, California bill could ban popular junk foods, and more...

Reason

Ireland captain Fryday opens up on decision to change shorts colour ahead of TikTok Women's Six Nations

Ireland are the first Home Nation to move away from white shorts and will take to the field for their TikTok Women’s Six Nations opener against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park in green and navy

Wales Online

O2, RFU and Women’s Sport Trust join forces to help close rugby’s gender awareness gap

The project will run from the TikTok Women's Six Nations 2023 until the end of 2025

Wales Online

China would "resolutely oppose" forced sale of TikTok

A forced sale would harm “confidence to invest in the United States," the spokeswoman said.

Axios

China: the rise of TikTok sister app Douyin as a powerful consumer tool

Chinese people are increasingly using TikTok’s sister app as a way to complain about products and are finding it a powerful asset.

The Conversation

Lawmakers reject CEO's assurance TikTok is autonomous from China - Roll Call

House lawmakers voiced disbelief Thursday as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew tried to reassure them the app has no link to China's ruling party.

Roll Call

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Should the US ban TikTok? Can it? A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023, amid a chorus of calls from members of Congress for the federal government to ban the Chinese-owned video social media app and reports that the Biden administration is pushing for the company’s sale.

The Independent UK

Man who went to the bathroom 20 times a day diagnosed with incurable condition

Antonio Perez, from Michigan, initially thought he had urine cancer when he desperately needed the toilet more than 20 times a day

The Independent UK

Woman reveals how hair claw clip became lodged into her head

She describe how she had the clip in her head during a car accident

The Independent UK

TikTok ban: App boss launches last attempt to convince politicians not to block it

More and more US politicians are suggesting app should be entirely blocked in the country

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The New Daily

Sofia Coppola’s daughter makes directorial debut with bizarre TikTok

Romy Croquet Mars, daughter of Sofia Coppola, told TikTok that she was grounded for trying to charter a helicopter using her father's card.

The Independent UK

Man pleads for help after losing father’s ashes in Tesco bag on nine-hour pub crawl

Stan Blade, 39, planned to make a TikTok video of himself visiting pleasure rides at Southend, Essex, with father Stephen Jewitt’s ashes as a final farewell

The Independent UK

China criticizes possible US plan to force TikTok sale

China’s government says it would oppose possible U.S. plans to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the short-video service as a security risk and warned such a move would hurt investor confidence in the United States

Metal Hammer

Turns out Iron Maiden's Hallowed Be Thy Name played on bagpipes is pretty cool

Bagpipe-toting TikTok star Piper Ally has given Hallowed Be Thy Name a makeover like no other

Reuters

TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for ban

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok's CEO about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children's mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns about the app's power over Americans.

Dublin Live

TikTok could be banned on Irish politicians' phones over security fears

The social media app is already extremely popular with some politicians as they attempt to connect with the younger generations

Axios

Team Biden to TikTok's owners: Just sell it

The administration's preferred outcome in the TikTok debate is becoming clear.

1 … 735 736 737 738

People

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Scottish Government

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.