Tag: Beijing-based ByteDance

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Court Denies TikTok Request to Delay Ban

Federal appeals court denied TikTok’s request to delay Jan. 19, 2025, deadline to cut ties with Chinese communist regime, after app filed argument for delay.
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TikTok Faces Ban as Appeals Court Upholds Divesture Law

A three-judge panel rejected TikTok, ByteDance, and a group of TikTok users’ challenge of a law requiring app to cut ties with CCP to continue operating in US.

TikTok Mired in Legal Battles as Deadline Looms Over Ban

TikTok is currently facing several legal battles, but its fight in a federal appeals court is an existential one. Critics...

‘Dark and Despairing’—How TikTok Exploits the Minds of American Teens

Harmful content available to 13-year-old American TikTok users isn’t accessible by 13-year-olds who use Douyin, China’s version. They get a warning of instead.

Lawyers Explain Controversy Over Anti-TikTok Bill

The Anti-TikTok bill is tailored narrowly to address the issue of social media serving as tools of foreign influence and surveillance, but it could be abused.
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TikTok Hit With $10.9 Million Fine in Italy for Failing to Protect Minors

Italian antitrust regulator has fined TikTok $10.94 million for failing to protect children and vulnerable people from harmful content on video-sharing application.
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Bill to Protect Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications, Including TikTok

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on...

House Passes Bill That Could Ban TikTok From US

‘TikTok’s time in the United States is over unless it ends its relationship with CCP-controlled ByteDance,’ says Rep. Mike Gallagher.
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House Panel Unanimously Advances Bill That Could Ban TikTok

House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously approved bills to secure Americans’ data and compel social media giant TikTok to divest from Chinese ownership.

Sen. Rick Scott Condemns Met Gala for Inviting TikTok CEO as Honorary Chair

Sen. Rick Scott condemned fashion magazine Vogue’s decision to name TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to honorary chair at this year’s Met Gala event in NYC in May.

TikTok Making Users Enter iPhone Passwords to View Content: Reports

Chinese-owned video streaming platform TikTok reportedly prompting users to input iPhone passwords to view content, sparking concern among individuals using app.

The Chinese Communist Party Has Broadly Infiltrated Influential US Institutions

U.S. faces a new communist threat, more dangerous than the Soviet Union or its satellite states. It goes by the name of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).