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TikTok Pixel Privacy Nightmare: A New Case Study
2024-11-14 10:30

Advertising on TikTok is the obvious choice for any company trying to reach a young market, and especially so if it happens to be a travel company, with 44% of American Gen Zs saying they use the...

Canada orders TikTok to shut down over national risk concerns
2024-11-07 16:23

The Canadian government has ordered the dissolution of TikTok Technology Canada following a multi-step review that provided information and evidence of the social media company posing a national...

Canada Orders TikTok to Shut Down Canadian Operations Over Security Concerns
2024-11-07 04:39

The Canadian government on Wednesday ordered ByteDance-owned TikTok to dissolve its operations in the country, citing national security risks, but stopped short of instituting a ban on the popular...

Spamouflage trolls pretend to be American patriots on X, TikTok ahead of US presidential election
2024-09-03 18:15

No, Abbey is not really a "pure patriotic girl" Spamouflage, the Beijing-linked trolls known for spreading fake news about American politics, is back with new accounts on X and TikTok that claim...

DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children's Privacy Laws
2024-08-03 09:10

The U.S. Department of Justice, along with the Federal Trade Commission, filed a lawsuit against popular video-sharing platform TikTok for "Flagrantly violating" children's privacy laws in the country. The agencies claimed the company knowingly permitted children to create TikTok accounts and to view and share short-form videos and messages with adults and others on the service.

US sues TikTok for violating children privacy protection laws
2024-08-02 20:49

​The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against social media platform TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, alleging widespread violations of children's privacy laws. [...]

TikTok confirms CNN, other high-profile accounts hijacked via zero-day vulnerability
2024-06-05 21:45

Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests. Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.

Celebrity TikTok Accounts Compromised Using Zero-Click Attack via DMs
2024-06-05 06:22

Popular video-sharing platform TikTok has acknowledged a security issue that has been exploited by threat actors to take control of high-profile accounts on the platform. The development was first...

TikTok fixes zero-day bug used to hijack high-profile accounts
2024-06-04 21:57

Over the past week, attackers have hijacked high-profile TikTok accounts belonging to multiple companies and celebrities, exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the social media's direct messages feature. As Forbes reported today, the exploit used by the attackers to hack the accounts via DMs only needs the targets to open the malicious message and doesn't require downloading a payload or clicking embedded links.

OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok Crack Down on Covert Influence Campaigns, Some AI-Powered
2024-05-31 08:11

OpenAI on Thursday disclosed that it took steps to cut off five covert influence operations (IO) originating from China, Iran, Israel, and Russia that sought to abuse its artificial intelligence...