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China weighs its options with TikTok. The latest congressional action marks another twist in a yearslong effort to limit the scale and influence of a social media app that has grown to more...
An expert says it’s ‘unconstitutional’ and backed by no evidence. A bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S.—unless its Chinese owner sells most of it—was passed by the Senate and signed ...
Alexandra Sternlicht. April 29, 2024 at 3:30 AM. TikTok's high-profile push to wall off U.S. user data from its China-based parent, as critics had demanded, failed to cut ties between the...
Censorship by TikTok. There are reports of TikTok censoring political content related to China and other countries as well as content from minority creators. TikTok says that its initial content moderation policies, many of which are no longer applicable, were aimed at reducing divisiveness and were not politically motivated.
According to more than ten former employees, TikTok retained data-sharing ties to its Chinese parent, ByteDance—despite the company’s assertions to the contrary.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines has also ordered its personnel to avoid using TikTok in both personal and government-issued devices over concerns of espionage by China.
Commenting on the study, The New York Times stated, " [a]lready, there is evidence that China uses TikTok as a propaganda tool. Posts related to subjects that the Chinese government wants to suppress — like Hong Kong protests and Tibet — are strangely missing from the platform." [175]
A ban on TikTok is also likely to accelerate a shift that is splitting the world’s tech landscape into two blocs, one centered on the US, the other embracing tech from China, according to Capri.
Restrictions on TikTok in the United States. In April 2024, US president Joe Biden signed into law the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which is an effective ban or forced sale of TikTok from its parent company ByteDance. The video-sharing platform had sparked concerns over potential user data collection ...
More. BEIJING (AP) — U.S. lawmakers have grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about data security and harmful content, with some pushing to ban the popular short-video app nationwide. Chew, a native...