TikTok Has Become An Enormously Influential Medium That Reaches Over One Billion People Worldwide. Having Control Over Its Algorithm Or Content Moderation Means The Ability To Set The Terms Of Global Debate And Decide What People See. And What They Don’t. Culver City, California – As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of control, Americans have turned to […]
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TikTok says it is banning all accounts that share content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, hardening its previous policy on the far-right movement. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption toggle caption Kiichiro Sato/AP TikTok says it is banning all accounts that share content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, hardening its previous policy on the far-right movement. Kiichiro Sato/AP TikTok is toughening its stance against the QAnon conspiracy theory, expanding its ban to all content or accounts that promote videos advancing baseless ideas from the far-right online movement. The action hardens the video-sharing app’s previous enforcement against QAnon that targeted specific hashtags […]
TikTok discarded the offer of another American tech giant, Microsoft, before reaching an agreement with Oracle, which is expected to protect the Chinese video platform from being banned on the territory of the US over accusations of being a threat to national security. CEO of the tech giant Oracle, Larry Ellison, donated a hefty sum of $250,000 to the “Security is Strength” Super PAC, which only supports Senator Lindsey Graham’s re-election bid, three days before TikTok announced that it would strike a deal with Oracle to avoid being banned in the US. Graham, who is currently trailing slightly in the polls behind […]
TikTok has faced tough pressure from the United States recently, with the Trump administration attacking the company and seeking to ban the app over national security concerns, and fears that the video platform could be used to influence the outcome of the upcoming US presidential election. A San-Fransisco-based rival of TikTok, named Triller, slammed the Chinese video app for “bullying” and using bad press to undermine Triller’s growth, Fox News reported, citing a memo sent to Triller employees by their chairman, Bobby Sarnevesht. “TikTok is ‘an arm of the Chinese government”, Sarnevesht wrote. “As we have witnessed, they do not play by […]
Nathan Apodaca’s TikTok video, in which he longboards to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” has catapulted him to viral fame. Here, he is standing in the pickup truck given to him by Ocean Spray. In his video, Apodaca sips from a bottle of Ocean Spray’s Cran-Raspberry juice. Ocean Spray hide caption toggle caption Ocean Spray Nathan Apodaca’s TikTok video, in which he longboards to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” has catapulted him to viral fame. Here, he is standing in the pickup truck given to him by Ocean Spray. In his video, Apodaca sips from a bottle of Ocean Spray’s Cran-Raspberry juice. Ocean Spray Nathan […]
ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese-based parent company of the popular social media app, TikTok, is facing allegations, mainly from the administration of US President Donald Trump who attempted to ban the app in the United States, of harvesting data for the Chinese government. Both ByteDance and Beijing have denied the claims. Soldiers of the British Special Air Service (SAS) have been instructed against using Chinese social-media app TikTok over fears of being tracked by Chinese intelligence services, The Sun reported on Thursday. Soldiers were reportedly told that Chinese intelligence could collect data from clips posted on the video-sharing app, including facial recognition, […]
California-based software company Oracle earlier outpaced several other candidates to acquire the Chinese app TikTok’s US operations from ByteDance, with President Donald Trump “giving his blessing” to the deal, which would see the creation of a new company, TikTok Global. As China’s ByteDance Ltd. has been working with US regulators to lay to rest outstanding security concerns over its impending sale of a stake in music-video app TikTok, companies involved acknowledge that the final approval process might be delayed until after the November presidential election, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. Oracle Corp., the US multinational computer technology corporation that is […]
In this photo illustration a mobile phone screen displays TikTok logo in front of a keyboard. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency hide caption toggle caption Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency In this photo illustration a mobile phone screen displays TikTok logo in front of a keyboard. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency Updated 11:16 p.m. ET Sunday A federal judge on Sunday blocked President Trump’s TikTok ban, granting a temporary reprieve to the wildly popular video-sharing app. During a telephone court hearing on Sunday, lawyers for TikTok argued that Trump’s clampdown infringed on free speech and due process rights. John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the […]
US President Donald Trump’s ban on downloading TikTok from app stores in the US was scheduled to come into effect today at midnight, after the video platform was targeted by the White House amid fears of “threats to national security”. US Judge Carl J. Nichols has temporarily suspended Trump’s order banning downloads of the Chinese-owned TikTok video app from app stores based in the US. The judge’s decision granted a preliminary injunction that would allow the platform to temporarily remain available in the US, a move earlier sought by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, as it applied for an export license with […]
A US District judge has made an 11th hour intervention to block a federal government order prohibiting downloads of TikTok from app stores by American users. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
HONG KONG—As Trump and China hawks lock horns with Beijing on TikTok, trade, and Huawei, the Chinese Communist Party and its leader Xi Jinping are threatening to target U.S. companies with similar nationalistic bans—and signalling to Chinese firms at home that they expect total loyalty. Private Chinese companies that have managed to establish a foothold on U.S. shores increasingly rely on the CCP’s backing, particularly when the Oval Office decides to place them within its crosshairs. Some do this by choice, others because they have no other option when they head overseas. In any case, in Xi’s view, they are one […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public service warning over the “Benadryl Challenge,” a deadly TikTok trend that encourages impressionable netizens to get high and hallucinate on a deadly dose of allergy pills. The federal agency warned in its Thursday release that exceeding the recommended dosage of Benadryl, an over-the-counter (OTC) brand name for diphenhydramine, can trigger heart complications, seizures and/or coma. Abusing Benadryl can also lead to death, as exhibited by a 15-year-old Oklahoma girl who overdosed on the OTC drug and died on August 21. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, outlet KFOR said the teen’s death may […]
An Instagram model has boasted that the minibar was “stocked for my fat ass” during an apparent tour of a hotel room on TikTok, claiming that a NBA admirer had paid $7,000 to lure her to the restricted ‘bubble’. Social media influencer ‘Hannmaile’ appeared to show off a sheet of rules given to NBA players as she took her followers on a tour of what she said was a hotel room inside the NBA bubble. Claiming that she had been paid $7,000 to enter the heavily restricted players’ camp, based at Disney World in Florida in an attempt to protect players […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/17/1080552839_0:0:3420:1925_1200x675_80_0_0_b9ff94a00d9363f2e3fe428f4f095913.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009231080552909-tiktok-bytedance-voluntarily-dismiss-lawsuit-against-trump/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Chinse company ByteDance and its video sharing platform TikTok have dropped the lawsuit against US President Donald Trump and the Department of Commerce, a court document showed on Wednesday. “Please take notice that plaintiffs TikTik Inc and ByteDance Ltd … hereby voluntarily dismiss this action without prejudice as to defendants Donald J. Trump, Wilbur L. Ross and the US Department of Commerce”, according to an electronic image of the court document filed by the plaintiffs and seen by Sputnik. TikTok has been in the news since August after Trump threatened […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080503656_0:168:3000:1856_1200x675_80_0_0_054c3c623c7b8a37cec79d80f5f8d747.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009191080515636-tiktok-wechat-downloads-rise-ahead-of-sundays-ban/ On 18 September, the US Department of Commerce prohibited US citizens from downloading the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat starting on Sunday, 20 September. TikTok and WeChat downloads in the US soared on Friday, with TikTok downloads increasing by 12% to 247,000 and WeChat downloads by 150% to 10,000 in comparison with the previous day, mobile apps tracker Sensor Tower data shows. Mobile phone users who have TikTok or WeChat already installed on their devices can use the apps after the ban comes into force. However, they will be unable to update them with security patches […]
Trump’s remarks come as the White House moves to ban WeChat and TikTok from US app stores. Having told reporters that he has conversed with top executives at Oracle, Walmart and Microsoft regarding the possible purchase of video-sharing app TikTok, US President Donald Trump also explained what has to be done in order for that social media app to operate in the United States, The Hill reports. According to the media outlet, Trump explained that in order to achieve that, the security concerns about TikTok’s alleged ties with China need to be addressed first. “We have some great options and maybe […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0e/1080455272_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_4d6e69f4fa60f99de422d5e38f135093.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009191080509983-china-firmly-opposes-us-decision-to-ban-downloads-of-tiktok-wechat/ On Friday, the US Department of Commerce published new rules banning its citizens from downloading the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat from 20 September. On Saturday, China’s Commerce Ministry said it is “firmly opposed” to the Trump administration’s move to ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok. “China urges the US to abandon bullying, immediately stop wrongdoing, and earnestly maintain fair and transparent international rules and order. If the US insists on going its own way, China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies”, the statement reads. The ministry […]
As of Sunday, mobile app stores in the U.S. won’t be allowed to distribute or maintain the WeChat or TikTok apps, the Commerce Department says. Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images As of Sunday, mobile app stores in the U.S. won’t be allowed to distribute or maintain the WeChat or TikTok apps, the Commerce Department says. Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images Citing national security concerns, the U.S. government said it will bar downloads in the U.S. of the Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat apps starting Sunday. In its announcement Friday, the Commerce Department accused […]
Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing. President Trump said he does not plan to support any deal to save TikTok in the U.S. that keeps China-based ByteDance as its majority owner. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing. President Trump said he does not plan to support any deal to save TikTok in the U.S. that keeps China-based ByteDance as its majority owner. Mark Schiefelbein/AP A plan to save popular video-sharing app TikTok in […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump’s restrictive executive order banning the Chinese video-sharing platform, TikTok, in the United States will not prevent the app’s employees from receiving wages or benefits, the US authorities said in a court filing. “The Department of Commerce can state that it does not intend to implement or enforce Executive Order 13942 in a manner which would prohibit the payment of wages and/or salaries to Plaintiff or any other employee or contractor of TikTok … the provision of benefits packages to Plaintiff or any other employee of TikTok”, the document filed on Monday said. In addition, […]
Microsoft said on Sunday its bid to acquire the U.S. assets of Chinese-owned TikTok has been rejected by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP Microsoft said on Sunday its bid to acquire the U.S. assets of Chinese-owned TikTok has been rejected by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance. Ng Han Guan/AP Updated at 1:04 p.m. ET A deal with Oracle for TikTok’s U.S. operations may end up including a partnership instead of an outright purchase. With its deadline to sell or be banned in the U.S. fast approaching, Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it will […]
As Oracle wins a bid for TikTok U.S., a look at how tech competition, culture competition and currency competition shape the business of geopolitics. Today on the Brief: Crypto exchange volume sees highest month-over-month increase since February 2018 Uniswap overtakes SushiSwap in total value locked What Coinbase vs. Apple means for the future of decentralized applications Our main discussion: NLW looks at the business of geopolitical competition, including: TikTok, Oracle and the new politics of deal making in the “new Cold War” “Mulan” controversy around Uyghurs and Hong Kong police support The real motivation for China’s digital currency Source link
In August, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order threatening to ban TikTok in the United States if it did not sell its US operations to an American-based company before 15 September, citing fears of “national security threats”. Microsoft was considered one of the primary buyers for the popular video app. ByteDance backtracked on selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft, the latter revealed in a blog post on Sunday. “ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft. We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok’s users, while protecting national security […]
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TikTok, Trump And The Need For A Digital Non-Aligned Movement By Juan Ortiz Freuler, InterPressNews. September 11, 2020 TikTok, Trump And The Need For A Digital Non-Aligned Movement2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/glitch_map.jpg200px200px Recent weeks have seen a dramatic escalation in the U.S.’ stance towards tech companies from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). After hounding the telecommunications company Huawei for years, the social networking app TikTok is the latest Chinese company to enter the firing line. On 5 August U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo published a press release that could be seen as the master plan that explained the logic behind these policies: creating a parallel internet, defined as a […]
US President Donald Trump said he would not give TikTok, the Chinese video app, more time to sell off its US-based assets, insisting a deal must come within days despite reports the firm is seeking to skirt the sale altogether. The original deadline for the sale will not budge, Trump told reporters on Thursday. That means TikTok’s Beijing-based owner, ByteDance, has less than a week to strike a deal, facing a sweeping ban in the US should it miss the cut-off date of September 15. “We’ll see what happens. It’ll either be closed up or they’ll sell it,” the president said. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009101080423652-trump-says-no-extension-will-be-issued-over-tiktok-sale-deadline/ US President Donald Trump said on Thursday there would be no extension to the September 15 deadline mandating Chinese social media company TikTok sell its US operations. “TikTok is moving along, we’ll see what happens. It’ll either be closed up or they’ll sell it,” Trump told reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews on Thursday as he prepared to fly to a political rally in Michigan. “So we’ll either close up TikTok in this country for security reasons or it’ll be sold,” he said. “I’m not extending deadlines, no. It’s September 15. There’ll […]
The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump’s executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their jobs are under threat. Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump’s executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their jobs are under threat. Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images Kristie Hunter is a former public school teacher […]
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Patrick Ryan, technical manager at TikTok, is suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order aimed at banning business transactions between Americans and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance. Bobby Allyn/NPR hide caption toggle caption Bobby Allyn/NPR Patrick Ryan, technical manager at TikTok, is suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order aimed at banning business transactions between Americans and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance. Bobby Allyn/NPR Patrick Ryan is sitting on a couch in the garage of his house in California’s San Mateo County. Dressed in aviator-style glasses and cowboy boots, he talks intensely about his job as a technical manager […]
The video-sharing app, which has 100 million active users in the United States alone, has fallen victim to the Trump administration’s standoff with China. The president previously accused TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, of spying on its users at the behest of Beijing, a claim the company and the Chinese authorities have denied. TikTok will sell its US operations in the coming days as the company is finalising a deal, CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The agreement will also include the sale of its operations in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and is estimated to be […]
A man walks past a Walmart store in Washington, D.C. on July 15. Walmart said it was “confident” that its joint deal with Microsoft would satisfy both TikTok users and U.S. government regulators. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images A man walks past a Walmart store in Washington, D.C. on July 15. Walmart said it was “confident” that its joint deal with Microsoft would satisfy both TikTok users and U.S. government regulators. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Walmart has teamed up with Microsoft in a bid to buy TikTok in one of the […]
Former Disney executive Kevin Mayer in 2015. On Wednesday, Mayer announced he was resigning suddenly from TikTok as the app’s chief executive amid growing pressure in Washington for the app to sell off its U.S. assets. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP Former Disney executive Kevin Mayer in 2015. On Wednesday, Mayer announced he was resigning suddenly from TikTok as the app’s chief executive amid growing pressure in Washington for the app to sell off its U.S. assets. Damian Dovarganes/AP TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer is stepping down three months after taking the job at the hugely popular short-form video […]
TikTok Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mayer has resigned, stating that the scope of his role as the head of the video-sharing platform was more than he could manage, as the company battles with Washington. His decision to leave the company comes days after TikTok filed suit against the Trump administration over an executive order that prevents the video-sharing app from making business transactions in the United States. General Manager Vnaessa Pappas will become interim CEO of the firm, according to a memo seen by Reuters. “In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008271080289075-tiktok-ceo-kevin-mayer-quits-company-internal-email-says/ Kevin Mayer has quit his top post at TikTok, months after becoming chief executive of the Chinese video-sharing app accused by the Trump administration of threatening national security, according to a letter to employees seen by the Financial Times. Mayer informed employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance of his decision to leave on Thursday, people briefed about the matter said. The former Disney executive’s decision came shortly after President Donald Trump threatened a ban on TikTok in the US unless ByteDance sold its US assets to an American company by 15 September, “as […]
TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House issued an executive order that would effectively ban the hugely popular app from operating in the United States. AP hide caption toggle caption AP TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House issued an executive order that would effectively ban the hugely popular app from operating in the United States. AP Updated at 6:28 p.m. ET TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration arguing that the president’s executive order taking aim at the Chinese-owned app is unconstitutional and […]
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Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti has been labeled a despotic hypocrite by social media, after he cut off water and power at a TikTok influencer’s residence where gatherings were held in violation of coronavirus orders. In a tweet, Garcetti announced that he had instructed the city to disconnect utility services at a house in the Hollywood Hills, claiming that its tenants had put the community at risk by hosting parties “in flagrant violation of our public health orders.” The residence in question has reportedly been the site of several large social gatherings since the start of August. The New York […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105292/97/1052929774_0:13:4038:2285_1200x675_80_0_0_8497e26e9457c6f44a7a749bbb36541d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008191080211173-trump-believes-oracle-can-handle-tiktok-deal-says-other-companies-interested/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump told reporters that he thinks the US software company Oracle would be able to handle the acquisition of the Chinese video sharing platform TikTok. “Well, I think Oracle is a great company and I think its owner is a tremendous guy, tremendous person,” Trump said on Tuesday evening. “I think that Oracle would be certainly somebody that could handle it.” Trump pointed out that other companies aside from Oracle and Microsoft are probably interested in purchasing TikTok. Microsoft has emerged as the main bidder for TikTok while […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Chinese video sharing platform TikTok poses little threat to US national security despite claims to the contrary by President Donald Trump when issuing an executive order banning the popular application, the Soufan Group said in a report on Tuesday. “While the Trump order justifies the action against TikTok based on national security concerns, there is little evidence that the application represents a clear and present danger to US national security interests. The executive action, which goes into effect 45 days from August 6, not only results in a US ban of the video-sharing mobile application but will […]
The world’s best known record producer and presidential hopeful Kanye West has rebranded himself as a Christian musician in recent years, commonly referring to religious themes in his oeuvres. Just a day ago he was looking for a “trusted Christian CFO” to support his fortune but now something even bigger is occupying his thoughts. Kanye West has said it: he wants a “Christian” version of TikTok. The musician, who referred to his potential brainchild as “Jesus Tok”, said that the vision of the new tech came to his head as he was checking the original app with his daughter. West told […]
US President Donald Trump has ordered Chinese firm ByteDance to divest from its US-based assets within 90 days and to scrub all data linked to the company’s popular app TikTok, arguing both are a threat to national security. Friday’s executive order put further pressure on the company after an earlier mandate last week, giving ByteDance some three months to sell off its American properties and to certify to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that it had destroyed “any data obtained or derived from TikTok.” “There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance… might […]
President Trump on Friday ordered that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, divest from the U.S. in 90 days. AP hide caption toggle caption AP President Trump on Friday ordered that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, divest from the U.S. in 90 days. AP President Trump on Friday ordered TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S. assets in 90 days, stating American authorities have “credible evidence” that the Chinese tech giant could take action to imperil national security. Last week, Trump signed a separate executive order that would effectively ban the popular video-sharing app by making any […]
The US is currently forcing TikTok to be sold to an American company, saying that the would-be transaction must be completed by 15 September or otherwise the popular video-sharing app used by around 100 million users in the US will be banned in the country. Microsoft staffers don’t want their employer to buy out the short video app TikTok, the brainchild of the Chinese firm ByteDance, as revealed by internal message exchanges cited by the Daily Mail. Writing on a corporate social network called Yammer, they explicitly stated that it feels like a deal and participation in negotiations to this end […]
Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order giving TikTok’s owners ByteDance until 15 September to sell their US operations. The move was preceded by months of discussions over whether TikTok can spy on American users for the Chinese government, something the company denies. Two members of the Trump administration had feuded in front of Donald Trump over what action should be taken against the popular Chinese-owned app TikTok, The Washington Post reports, citing anonymous sources. Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro clashed with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in the Oval Office in the early days of August, according to the newspaper. […]
Twitter has reportedly joined the race for TikTok’s juicy assets, while its Chinese owner seeks to sue the Trump administration, claiming that the move to force it out of the US market is based purely on anti-China scaremongering. Presented as a crucial move to protect Americans and their precious data from pesky Chinese spies, the US President Donald Trump’s executive order earlier this week set a 45-day deadline for ByteDance to ‘divest’ its US operations. Beijing argues that all the “national security” concerns are just a pretext for a hostile takeover to solidify Washington’s dominance online. Challenging the move, TikTok is […]
Washington has been pushing efforts lately to remove Chinese mobile applications and social networks, including TikTok, from the US market, citing the parent company’s alleged collusion with the Chinese government. Twitter has had preliminary negotiations about a possible combination with the TikTok video-sharing app, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Sources told the WSJ that a deal with TikTok would involve its operations in the United States. However, Microsoft is more likely to secure a deal with TikTok than Twitter, which is much smaller. While Twitter is currently valued at about $29 billion, Microsoft’s market capitalisation is higher than $1.6 trillion. […]
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump signed an order which bans “any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with ByteDance Ltd” or its subsidiaries beginning 45 days after the signing. The famous Chinese app is going to file a complaint regarding Trump’s Thursday order in the US District Court for the Southern District of California as soon as Tuesday, National Public Radio reported, citing a source familiar with the matter. The forthcoming lawsuit will argue that the president’s order is not in line with the Constitution of the United States, as it leaves TikTok […]
Icon for the smartphone app TikTok, which President Trump on Thursday took aim at through an executive order that prohibits transactions between U.S. citizens and TikTok’s parent company in 45 days. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP Icon for the smartphone app TikTok, which President Trump on Thursday took aim at through an executive order that prohibits transactions between U.S. citizens and TikTok’s parent company in 45 days. Mark Schiefelbein/AP TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration, challenging the president’s executive order banning the service from the United States. The video-sharing app hugely popular with the smartphone generation […]
Facebook’s new Reels feature allows users to create and share short videos, similar to TikTok. Facebook hide caption toggle caption Facebook Facebook’s new Reels feature allows users to create and share short videos, similar to TikTok. Facebook Facebook has launched its answer to TikTok, the wildly popular video-sharing app that the Trump administration considers a national security threat. Reels is a new feature on Instagram, the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook. Like in TikTok, users can make short videos set to music, add filters and other effects, and easily share them. The launch comes as TikTok, which is owned by the […]
The plan to force TikTok US business to be divested could be a ruse for the US government and tech giants including Facebook to take down the short video platform and allow Facebook to fill the void, industry insiders told the Global Times Tuesday. US President Donald Trump said Monday that TikTok would be banned in the US unless it is gobbled up by Microsoft or another “very American” company by September 15, and suggested the US Treasury should get a big cut of the proceeds. “The buyout plan could be just a ruse under which the US government and capital […]
US President Donald Trump’s latest move to force China-based ByteDance to sell its video-sharing app TikTok to a US company and pay the US government a share of the transaction has been derided by many in China – experts and ordinary citizens alike – as “naked robbery” using mafia-style tactics that strips the last layer of decency from the US. The Chinese government on Tuesday warned the US of “consequences” if it opens the “Pandora’s Box” with what a Chinese official called “political manipulation” and a crackdown on a Chinese company. While it followed a sweeping crackdown by the Trump administration […]
Twenty lawsuits have been combined into a unified federal legal action against short-form video app TikTok over allegedly harvesting data from users and secretly sending the information to China. Anjum Naveed/AP hide caption toggle caption Anjum Naveed/AP Twenty lawsuits have been combined into a unified federal legal action against short-form video app TikTok over allegedly harvesting data from users and secretly sending the information to China. Anjum Naveed/AP Families are suing TikTok in what has turned into a major legal action in federal court. Dozens of minors, through their parents, are alleging that the video-sharing app collects information about their facial […]
Singer and influencer Zara Larsson, an avowed feminist, is no stranger to controversy and has been criticised before for misandrist posts, tweeting “ACAB” (All cops are bastards) in connection with the Black Lives Matter protests in the US, and maintaining a relationship with Chinese mobile giant Huawei. Award-winning pop singer Zara Larsson has landed in hot water over lending support to the embattled TikTok app. “Because D*nald Tr*mp hates TikTok, I love it even more”, Larsson wrote in a since-deleted tweet filled with heart emojis. This was a nod to Donald Trump’s recent announcement that TikTok will be banned in the […]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has consulted with President Trump about acquiring TikTok’s U.S. assets. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has consulted with President Trump about acquiring TikTok’s U.S. assets. Elaine Thompson/AP Microsoft said Sunday it has discussed with President Trump its plan to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations, just as the White House threatens to blacklist the hugely popular Chinese-owned app. “Following a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald J. Trump, Microsoft is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok in the United States,” the software giant said in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008021080041608-microsoft-to-proceed-with-talks-over-possible-tiktok-purchase-in-us/ Earlier in the week, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to ban Chinese-owned viral video platform TikTok in the United States amid allegations that the app “spies” on American citizens and could “meddle” in the US presidential election. Microsoft revealed in its official blog that the company is committed to continuing discussions with the White House over buying TikTok after a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald Trump. The company noted the talks will be “in any event” completed “no later than 15 September”. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has vowed that President Donald Trump will take action “in the coming days” to deal with Chinese software companies that the White House claims are feeding data to Beijing. Appearing on Fox News’ ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ show, Pompeo claimed the practices of the Chinese tech companies currently in the administration’s sights, including TikTok and WeChat, pose “true privacy issues for the American people.” “For a long time the US just said ‘Well, goodness, if we’re having fun with it, or if a company can make money off of it, we’re going to permit that to […]
TikTok has been under fire in Washington, as the Trump administration and some Democrats in Congress have been raising national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app. SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett hide caption toggle caption SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett TikTok has been under fire in Washington, as the Trump administration and some Democrats in Congress have been raising national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app. SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app, according to a person familiar with the discussions. If Microsoft buys TikTok, it will give the lumbering tech […]
The White House and Congress are increasingly clamping down on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing app that is a sensation among teenagers and 20-somethings. Officials fear the app could be used as a spy tool. Anjum Naveed/AP hide caption toggle caption Anjum Naveed/AP The White House and Congress are increasingly clamping down on TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing app that is a sensation among teenagers and 20-somethings. Officials fear the app could be used as a spy tool. Anjum Naveed/AP TikTok is contemplating ways to distance itself from its Chinese parent company as threats from Washington grow louder. Congress this week advanced legislation […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The telecommunications regulatory body of Pakistan issued notices to popular Chinese app TikTok and Singapore-based video sharing platform Bigo after receiving a number complaints, claiming the apps are spreading pornography for the sake of fame and ratings on social media. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a “final warning” to Bytedance-owned TikTok over so-called obscene and immoral content on the platforms, days after it temporarily suspended PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). In a statement issued on Monday night, the telecommunications regulator banned live streaming application Bigo and issued a warning to TikTok after not getting “satisfactory responses” from the company over […]
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The Trump administration is studying the security risks of TikTok, WeChat and other apps that could potentially allow foreign countries to gather information on Americans, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters Wednesday. Meadows also said that action regarding this issue would likely take place in weeks, not months, Reuters reported. US President Donald Trump last Tuesday also said that a ban on TikTok something his administration is weighing over concern that TikTok, a Chinese-owned company, might share user data with the Chinese government. “It’s something we’re looking at, yes,” Trump said in an interview with Gray Television’s Greta […]
China lashed out Monday against the US, calling the nation the “true global headquarters of hackers” after White House adviser Peter Navarro reiterated unsubstantiated claims over the weekend that TikTok user data is sent to the Chinese military. Touching on a variety of anti-China angles, Navarro reiterated claims during a Fox Business interview on Sunday that user data collected by TikTok “goes right to servers in China, right to the Chinese military, the Chinese Communist Party.” The adviser also stated that TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance, and similar Chinese apps can be used to “steal personal and financial […]
This week saw a 125% rise in the price of dogecoin, a cryptocurrency based on a popular 2013 internet meme, created in the same year as both a parody and a “let’s see if this sticks” experiment. Much to even the founder’s surprise, it has not only survived, it has accumulated a loyal following. Clearly. A group of teenagers on the extremely popular but recently beleaguered social platform TikTok decided to use their voice and audience to move the price of dogecoin up. It has nothing to do with fundamentals, potential or even government handouts – most participants probably don’t even […]
E-commerce behemoth Amazon has reversed course after ordering employees to remove micro-vlogging app TikTok from smartphones with access to Amazon email “due to security risks,” calling the demand an “error.” “This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error,” a company spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday, just hours after the memo went out to Amazon employees. There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok. The message had informed workers they had until the end of the day to ditch the popular app or they would lose mobile access to their Amazon email accounts, […]
Amazon has asked all of its employees to remove the TikTok app from their cell phones. The move comes as the US government considers a nationwide ban on the Chinese video app. “Due to security risks, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email,” read a memo sent to employees on Friday. “If you have TikTok on your device, you must remove it by 10-Jul to retain mobile access to Amazon email. At this time, using TikTok from your Amazon laptop browser is allowed.” Amazon sends email to employees requiring they delete the TikTok app […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps, citing them as a “threat to the integrity and sovereignty” of the country in the wake of the border clashes with China. While new Indian apps have been launched to fill the space to promote ‘self-reliant’ India, global players are also looking to enter the lucrative new market. Several popular Chinese apps, including Tik-Tok, UC Browser and ShareIt, left the Indian market soon after the government imposed the ban. Investors lined up to back made-in-India alternatives to these apps, which had garnered millions of downloads within a day of launch. Talking about […]
After a week of viral videos on TikTok, dogecoin is up 35% in price and 2000% in volume. What gives? What’s old is new again! What happens when you combine a mostly hibernating memecoin with the world’s most powerful (and controversial) meme platform, and throw in a new generation of daytraders that have become convinced that they can drive the price of anything up? The great TikTok Doge pump of 2020, of course. In this episode, NLW breaks down: TikTok as a launchpad for viral music: Modern day trading on Fox Business: Pro-Doge perspectives on TikTok: Anti-Doge perspectives on TikTok: Disclosure […]
TikTok has failed to protect children’s privacy and can’t even keep them safe from froth-mouthed Nazis, US NGOs and media have declared, just in time to give Washington a reason to ban the popular Chinese-made app. The US Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are reportedly probing accusations that TikTok failed to protect children’s privacy in keeping with a 2019 agreement, according to representatives of tech policy groups whose anti-Tiktok grievances neatly coincide with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s hints earlier this week that Washington is seeking to ban the wildly popular micro-vlogging platform. Also on rt.com US ‘certainly looking’ at […]
Social media has thrown dogecoin traders a treat. Trading volumes for the Shiba Inu meme-based cryptocurrency spiked nearly 2,000% in the last two days, according to data from Messari, as videos on TikTok encouraged users to invest. The whimsical asset’s price climbed 35% to $0.035 over the same period. Dogecoin is a “joke cryptocurrency,” according to one of its founders, Jackson Palmer. As such, impromptu social media-based frenzies may be a fitting use case. Daily volume for the cryptocurrency stayed well below $5 million for the past two months. “The recent rise of dogecoin, a meme coin, should serve as a […]
US video conferencing platform Zoom has joined Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Telegram in suspending data requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of the new national security law. Like its tech industry contemporaries, a Zoom spokesperson said the company “supports the free and open exchange of thoughts and ideas,” but it would not cooperate with authorities’ requests for information. Many in the tech industry have cited “human rights” concerns as the main driving factor behind such decisions. The spokesperson added that Zoom is “actively monitoring the developments in Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region), including any potential guidance from the […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has confirmed Washington is considering a ban on Chinese social media apps, including the ultra-popular TikTok, apparently inspired by a similar ban in India and Australia’s threat to do the same. Speaking with Fox News, Pompeo affirmed “we’re certainly looking at” banning TikTok and other Chinese apps, following the lead of India, which banned 59 Chinese apps after border skirmishes with Beijing, and Australia, which has threatened to do the same. Americans should download the apps “only if you want your information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party,” he smirked. Also on rt.com […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107977/76/1079777637_0:84:3491:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_949ff171af1b678d5e91c4002b2f9442.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007071079815027-pompeo-says-us-considers-banning-chinese-social-media-apps-including-tiktok/ Pompeo earlier welcomed a similar move by India, as it issued an interim order blocking TikTok and 58 other apps linked to China, two weeks after the two countries saw the first deadly border clash in decades. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on late Monday that the United States is “certainly looking” at banning China’s social media apps, including TikTok. “I don’t want to get out in front of the President, but it’s something we’re looking at”, Pompeo said in an interview with Fox News. Last week, Pompeo said the US welcomes India’s […]
About six months before anyone had heard of the novel coronavirus, J-L Cauvin made the difficult decision to move out of New York City, where he had spent years trying to make it as a stand-up comic. “I was super depressed about getting a full-time job again and moving to New Jersey,” he tells me on today’s bonus episode of The Last Laugh podcast. “A job fell into my lap and I just said, you know what, I’ve been doing part-time legal work and road comedy for 16 years, I have to seize this opportunity at stability. I said, OK, comedy […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107688/94/1076889494_0:181:1920:1261_1200x675_80_0_0_eb088751696eec7fdc158ad729053c20.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202007021079773330-two-held-for-desecrating-idols-at-temple-for-tik-tok-clip-in-indias-video/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Last week, the Indian government banned popular Chinese video-making app TikTok in the aftermath of a deadly standoff with Chinese troops in the Ladakh region. Two people have been arrested in the Indian state of Gujarat for recently attacking an idol of a Hindu deity at a temple in a bid to make a sensational video for Chinese app TikTok. The incident occurred in Rajkot. According to the police, the accused shot a TikTok clip and uploaded it to WhatsApp and social media on 28 June. Police said that the two […]
A Black Lives Matter TikTok video by Harvard Senior Claira Janover in which she threatens to stab and watch bleed out “the next person who has the sheer nerve, the sheer entitled caucasity to say ‘all lives matter’” went viral Tuesday in spite of a disclaimer Janover posted under the video stating “for legal reasons this is a joke”. The video was copied over to Twitter by a critic. In the video Janover says: TRENDING: HUGE: Per His Lawyer — General Flynn Was Targeted Because “He Knew About the Billions Brennan and Company Were Running Off the Books” “The next person […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 15 June, Indian and Chinese troops engaged in violent clashes in Ladakh region, leading to the death of 20 Indian soldiers. The two sides have since held several rounds of talks to de-escalate tensions. Amid the persisting standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India has witnessed a 300 percent jump in hack attacks allegedly carried out by China-backed hackers, Cyfirma, a Singapore-based cyber research firm, claimed in its latest report. According to Cyfirma, after 18 June, the intensity of China’s “cyber warfare” increased, prompting the researchers to alert India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN). Controlled […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107934/77/1079347793_0:156:1500:1000_1200x675_80_0_0_b1e2326b03495f03515fad8a72fe571e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006251079717201-social-media-sensation-and-tiktok-star-siya-kakkar-reportedly-commits-suicide/ New Delhi (Sputnik): The entertainment world and fans in India are yet to come to terms with the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, who ended his life by hanging inside his room in Mumbai. The reason behind the actor’s drastic step is yet to be determined. 16-year-old Internet sensation and TikTok star Siya Kakkar ended her life by committing suicide in Delhi on Thursday, local media reports said. The incident came to light after celebrity photographer Viral Bhayani posted and confirmed the news of Kakkar ending her life. According to Bhayani’s Instagram post, “Kakkar’s […]
Despite earlier claims by US President Donald Trump and his 2020 re-election campaign chief Brad Parscale that almost one million tickets had been reserved for the president’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, around 6,200 supporters appeared at the event, according to local officials. US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Sunday rejected claims that the present’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sabotaged by anti-Trump activists on TikTok and K-Pop music fans who had threatened to purchase large numbers of tickets with no intention of showing up. “Leftists and online trolls doing a victory lap, thinking they somehow impacted rally attendance, […]
For the past decade, Chris D’Elia, one of the country’s top club comedians who packs theatres hundreds of times a year, has enjoyed the special status afforded to a few middle-aged comics who grasp and expertly deploy devices of the Gen-Z internet. The 40-year-old stand-up, who has three Netflix specials and a Comedy Central special called White Male. Black Comic, has maintained massive followings across social media—on Twitter, where he has 1.1 million followers; on Instagram, where he has 2.4 million followers; on TikTok, where he has 158,300 followers, despite posting just nine videos; and, when it was around, on Vine, […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Anti-China sentiment in India has clearly been visible on social media after the two countries recently locked horns with each other in Ladakh region – where the two differ over the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The reported origin of COVID-19 in China and concern over it have also evoked resentment. Indians are joining the #BoycottMadeinChina movement in droves and deleting Chinese apps from their devices. ByteDance, a Chinese app-making company, has decided to discontinue its “Vigo Video” app in the country, which enables users to record their short clips with special effects and background sounds. ByteDance, the […]
Raisha Doumbia, 20, left and Kai Harris, 17, have turned to TikTok to discuss racial injustice. It comes after TikTok apologized for a “technical glitch” that hid videos related to Black Lives Matter. TikTok screenshots by NPR hide caption toggle caption TikTok screenshots by NPR Raisha Doumbia, 20, left and Kai Harris, 17, have turned to TikTok to discuss racial injustice. It comes after TikTok apologized for a “technical glitch” that hid videos related to Black Lives Matter. TikTok screenshots by NPR When Raisha Doumbia, a 20-year-old swimming instructor in Roswell, Ga., first downloaded the video-sharing app TikTok, she made lighthearted […]
Wednesday morning, a Change.org petition circled the internet calling to “Have TikTok remove any content involving the ‘George Floyd challenge!!’” The page featured a disturbing layout collage, cropped to reveal only the bottom two photos. In each, two white guys mugged for the camera, as one knelt on the other’s neck—both mocking the murder of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis cop knelt on his windpipe for eight minutes and 46 seconds. By that evening, the petition passed its goal of 5,000 signatures. The new goal is now 7,500. “There is a challenge currently ‘popular’ on the app TikTok,” the […]
Search for “LAPD scanner” on Twitter right now and you’ll see it—a video showing radio traffic in which two vile racists laugh and joke about killing protesters. “We gotta start shooting to kill, man. Mr Trump said so, shoot to kill,” one voice says. “Come one, come all. $100 a head. Every [n-word] you kill, $100. $50 for a Mexican,” the other responds. On Tiktok, Facebook, and Twitter, the video has racked up over a million views as users have taken the audio and added videos of their reaction to the recording. One problem: it’s not true. While the audio is […]
Ah, TikTok. I avoided it for a while, but quarantine has got us all making rash decisions, like tie-dying perfectly good sheets, learning a new language, or cutting their own bangs. It’s an easy thing to get hooked on, once the algorithm actually figures it out for you. And while I can now pick and choose what I watch, popular videos still get into my feed regularly. Those videos include #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt, a collection of videos of people reviewing products that other users recommended. It’s like if Scouted were run by teens and understood youth culture. Here, you’ll find random beauty products, […]
Society 14:24 GMT 19.05.2020(updated 14:27 GMT 19.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107020/28/1070202833_0:157:1264:868_1200x675_80_0_0_4291e58e0c35db3fa8e781750d5a5039.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202005191079354342-its-just-a-joke-holocaust-tattoos-video-goes-viral-on-tiktok-polarizes-public/ The author of the video reportedly argued that some Jewish people have actually found a “funny side” to his creation. A video involving a joke about ID tattoos that were used in Nazi concentration camps during WWII has attracted quite a bit of attention on TikTok, the Algemeiner reports. The video, which the newspaper described as “antisemitic”, shows a passenger getting in a cab, with a caption on the screen saying “Jewish guy getting in my taxi” and with the song “No Scrubs” by […]
India 12:24 GMT 15.05.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): The past few weeks have divided locked down idle Indians into gangs of YouTubers and TikTokers. Both of the video platforms are quite popular in India, with over 265 million and 119 million users respectively. However, the latter is more often blamed for “cringeworthy content” that it spills on social media. One of India’s “most popular” YouTubers Ajay Nagar, who also goes by the name of CarryMinati and has over 16 million subscribers, recently uploaded a video of himself roasting TikTok “star” Amir Siddiqui who has 3.4 million followers on the Chinese […]
India 08:57 GMT 12.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107894/85/1078948592_0:3:3119:1757_1200x675_80_0_0_a723cb20bc0cd5a9198fb866539227da.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005121079277354-amid-lockdown-delhi-police-arrest-two-wanted-sharpshooters-for-murder-of-tiktok-star/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Last year in May, a 27-year-old man was shot dead inside a shop in Delhi’s Najafgarh area. According to the local police, three unidentified men had fired 13 bullets at the man. They were recognised, however, with the help of a CCTV feed. The deceased was identified as Mohit Mor, a TikTok star. Two wanted sharpshooters with different rewards on their heads have been arrested in Punjab in connection with last year’s murder of TikTok star Mohit Mor, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. The arrests have […]
6 May, 2020 23:21 Follow RT on The video sharing platform TikTok and a spate of other apps and sites have all gone down at once, driving a rush of users around the world to vent their rage on Twitter, and leaving some to wonder if the internet just broke. The string of outages came on Wednesday, sending tens of thousands of frustrated users to report a variety of technical problems on Down Detector. Next to TikTok, the affected sites include Pinterest, Spotify, Tinder, Amazon Web Services and Venmo, among others. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Follow RT on Source link