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DoJ, ByteDance ask court: Hurry up and rule on TikTok ban already
2024-05-20 13:30

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TikTok sues America to undo divest-or-die law
2024-05-07 19:02

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US House passes fresh TikTok ban proposal to Senate
2024-04-22 13:00

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Ex-White House CIO tells The Reg: TikTok ban may be diplomatic disaster
2024-04-01 13:15

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Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks
2024-03-14 23:35

In a letter to National Counterintelligence and Security Center director Michael Casey, US senator Ron Wyden urged the White House threat-intel arm to sound the alarm on commercial safes and locks. Most commercially available safes include manufacturer reset codes for their locks to help consumers if they lose or forget the code they set.

US Congress goes bang, bang, on TikTok sale-or-ban plan
2024-03-14 01:46

The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act - a law aimed at forcing TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the app's US operations or face the prospect of a ban. The bill names only TikTok as a "Foreign adversary controlled application" and prohibits "Providing services to distribute, maintain, or update" the app - including by offering it for sale in an app store.

US politicians want ByteDance to sell off TikTok or face ban
2024-03-07 06:05

A group of US lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday that, if passed, would force Chinese internet concern ByteDance to divest TikTok - its most valuable property - or see it banned in the US. The bill is titled the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. Although the lawmakers - from The House Select Committee on the CCP with support from the Energy and Commerce Committee - seem hellbent on targeting TikTok, the bill also creates a process for the US president to designate other foreign adversary-controlled social media applications as national security risks.

Two days into the Digital Services Act, EU wields it to deepen TikTok probe
2024-02-20 08:26

Two days after its Digital Services Act came into effect, the European Union used it to open an investigation into made-in-China social network TikTok. European Commissioner Thierry Breton delivered news of the probe in a Xeet that revealed the investigation will consider "Suspected breach of transparency & obligations to protect minors."

TikTok Editorial Analysis
2024-01-02 12:04

TikTok seems to be skewing things in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. Given the research above, we assess a strong possibility that content on TikTok is either amplified or suppressed based on its alignment with the interests of the Chinese Government.

Fake celebrity photo leak videos flood TikTok with Temu referral codes
2023-09-24 14:11

TikTok is flooded with videos promoting fake nude celebrity photo leaks used to push referral rewards for the Temu online megastore. Lately, Temu referral codes on TikTok have taken a darker turn, with scammers creating videos that imply sensitive photos and videos of celebrities have been leaked.