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TikTok is aggressively removing videos promoting Osama bin Laden
TikTok said it’s “aggressively” removing hundreds of videos discussing Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’, which resurfaced on the platform recently. The videos didn’t go viral, it added. There were fewer than 300 videos using the hashtag #LettertoAmerica that garnered around 2 million views by Wednesday, TikTok further said. TikTok is a platform with an…
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Taylor Swift’s star power caused the jersey sales to go up
NFL announced that it has renamed TikTok to ” Taylor Swift was here” instead of “Kim Kardashian announcing Usher as halftime show”. “The NFL gave [Swift] more attention than they gave Kim Kardashian announcing Usher as the halftime show,” one user wrote. “That’s what happened when [Swift] was feuding with Kim Kardashian,” another user wrote.
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The fight over Montana Ban was going to involve Free Speech Groups
TikTok has said it won’t violate the First Amendment rights of people in Montana after a law was signed to ban the firm from selling ads on food, drugs, and other illegal activities. This comes after the federal government banned the platform in 2020 and TikTok said the ban would not hold up to legal…
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It isn’t just a bad idea to ban TikTok
Montana, the state where TikTok is banned, is “under no illusions that this is not going to get challenged”, its Attorney General Austin Knudsen has said. “I think this is the next frontier in First Amendment jurisprudence that’s probably going to have to come from the US Supreme Court,” he added. TikTok was banned after…
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Legislators voted to ban TikTok in the state
A bill has been passed in the US’ Montana, which would end TikTok’s App Store Replication and Harnessing Mobile Devices. It could create a patchwork of laws that would “weigh heavily” on small app companies, The App Association, an industry group representing app developers, said. Earlier, the White House asked TikTok to stop doing business…
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The senator is opposing the ban on TikTok
A NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that the economy continues to dominate as the most important issue facing the US, followed by preservation of democracy. It found that Democrats have vulnerabilities when it comes to the economy, crime and whether or not to ban TikTok, while the Republicans have vulnerabilities when it comes to trans rights…
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The White House tells agencies that they have 30 days to ban TikTok
TikTok has invited researchers and academics to its Washington, DC, office to learn more about how it is addressing lawmakers concerns over its ties to China through ByteDance. The list of expected attendees includes a disabled Asian American creator using TikTok to combat ableism, a small business owner from South Carolina who launched a greeting…
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The TikTok CEO is warning users about the ban
The US Congress is considering legislation that would block TikTok from operating in the US and prohibit transactions by social media companies with over a million monthly users based in or under influence of countries that are considered foreign adversaries, such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Cuba. The proposed legislation would also legally…
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There is growing pressure to remove TikTok from app stores
US lawmakers are planning to push for a complete ban on TikTok and ByteDance over China’s laws being used to get user data from TikTok or ByteDance, a report said. “They see an unmitigable risk of Chinese government access to data and/or influence over content, and so are going to push for a complete ban,”…
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Staff in China can access Europeans’ data
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance on Wednesday said it has signed a deal with the Chinese government to provide access to user data for intelligence or propaganda purposes. However, ByteDance said it had not agreed to share any data with the Chinese government. “We will continue to do our part to deliver a comprehensive national security…
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TikTok faces bans on government-issued devices
US Representative Jim Oberwetter, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has neither direct nor indirect control of TikTok or ByteDance. “Under the proposal we have devised with our country’s top national security agencies through CFIUS, that kind of data sharing…would not be possible,” he added. The committee…
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In March the CEO of TikTok will testify before Congress
Canada said that it will ban all government employees from using TikTok and its parent company ByteDance due to national security concerns. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it will be a “very difficult decision” but there is “ample evidence” of TikTok’s ties to the Chinese government. Canada’s decision comes after TikTok faced a similar…
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TikTok was banned in Canada due to security concerns
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that Canadians will “reflect on the security of their own data and perhaps make choices” after the government restricted the use of TikTok by federal employees. “I suspect that as government takes…significant step of telling all federal employees that they can no longer use TikTok on their work…
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A bill was introduced in the US
US Congress has moved to ban TikTok on government devices, calling the action a political gesture that will not advance national security interests. Brooke Oberwetter, a TikTok spokesman, said the company is disappointed that Congress has moved to ban TikTok on government devices, calling the action a political gesture that will not advance national security…
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A federal ban looms as more GOP governors try to ban TikTok
US Senator Chuck Schumer has said there’s Chinese ownership of the company that owns video-sharing app TikTok. He further added that there are people in the Commerce Committee looking into that. Schumer’s comments come after ByteDance CEO Shou Zi Chew told The New York Times that ByteDance plans to move all data from Virginia and…
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There is a guide to parental controls on social media
TikTok has unveiled a new tool that will let parents control how their children use the platform. Users can link their TikTok account to their teens’ app and set parental controls. A parent can also link their account to their teen’s app and set parental controls, including how long they can spend on the app…
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There is a stalemate in the Biden White House
A US lawmaker has introduced legislation which would ban TikTok and its parent company ByteDance from operating in the US. The proposed legislation would block and prohibit all transactions in the US by social media companies with at least one million monthly users that are based in or under the “substantial influence” of countries like…
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TikTok can set a one-hour daily screen time limit for users under 18
TikTok has announced the launch of a new feature called ‘Family Pairing’ that will allow parents to link their TikTok accounts to their kids’ app. The feature allows parents to filter videos with words or hashtags they do not want to appear in their teen’s feed, set a daily screen time limit for their teen…
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Chasing Life with Dr. Gupta
Actress Sage James has said she’s used to paying too much attention to her phone. “I…feel bad after I use them…I don’t want to spend as much time on,” she added. “So my hope is that people will, including teenagers, be like, you know what, actually TikTok is a waste of time,” Sage further said.
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There are federal agencies that have bans on government-issued devices
After Forbes claimed TikTok’s parent ByteDance wanted to use the app to “monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens,” TikTok accused Forbes of leaving off a vital part of its statement. In a series of tweets, TikTok accused Forbes of left off a vital part of its statement, which says TikTok does not…
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Jake Tapper was refused by the executive of TikTok to acknowledge China’s treatment of Uyghurs
Chinese social media platform TikTok has said that its new data security plan, dubbed ‘Project Texas’, will not give Chinese employees access to US users. It added that China-based employees would never have this kind of access to American accounts. The announcement comes after a US Senate committee asked TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to…
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What do you learn about your dad’s film when it goes from being obscure to being an internet sensation?
US-based author Lloyd Devereux Richards, who made a TikTok video to promote his book ‘Stone Maidens’, has said that his father wasn’t really sure what TikTok is but he has been “so pleased and grateful”. “Several weeks ago, these people didn’t know who he was,” Richards added. He further said that over 360,000 TikTok users…
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A Shift in the Main Characters of the Micro-Blogging Community is Marks a Shirtless Guy
A researcher at the University of Washington said that half of the social computing papers they attended would be about micro-messaging. “It probably isn’t news to many people by this point that when we’re on platforms like Twitter or TikTok or YouTube, our social experience is mediated by algorithms,” said Jennifer Cobbe, a researcher at…
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The Opinion is Tired: Organized Fridges
Fashion influencer Lydia Millen has revealed that she went into a cold room and didn’t check into it when she had a cold room. “I’m going to make full use of their wonderful hot water,” she added. Millen, who has over 80 lakh followers on TikTok, said she recently started working with sustainable and ethical…
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It was admitted that staff in China can access Europeans’ data
TikTok will continue to work with the US government to try to “meaningfully address” its security concerns, CEO TikTok Sabrina D’Angelo said on Tuesday. She added TikTok will also be using Oracle’s “Project Texas” because it relies on Austin-based software company Oracle. TikTok has been accused of failing to protect users’ data, including those of…