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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/02/1080038215_0:-1:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_0423deb8f16e2462e31320ed036123c9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009021080351459-cops-love-ice-us-employee-sacked-for-posting-blue-lives-matter-drink-on-tiktok—video/ An Indianapolis, Indiana, Target is down an employee after its corporate headquarters terminated an employee whose recent TikTok upload showed him whipping up a seemingly deadly “Blue Lives Matter” cocktail, complete with “bleach.” Though TikTok sale talks have grown quiet in the US, the Chinese video-sharing platform itself is continuing to rise in popularity and attract personalities, like one […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]