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TikTok finalises US spin-off deal to maintain operations
Updated : 4 months ago IST
TikTok finalised a deal to spin off its United States operations into a new joint venture, ensuring the video application remains accessible to its 200 million American users. The move concludes a multi-year legal and political dispute regarding national security and data privacy. According
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Trump asks US Supreme Court to halt ban on TikTok
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
US President-elect Donald Trump has requested the US Supreme Court to block a law requiring TikTok to sell or shut down by January 19, a day before his inauguration. Trump's brief asserts that only he can resolve the matter politically, while TikTok challenges the law on First Amendment grou
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US: Georgia bans TikTok from state govt-issued phones, computers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kemp said his decision is due to concerns that Chinese intelligence can access American users' data through the social media app. New Hampshire, Alabama, Texas, and North Dakota have also banned the use of TikTok on state government-issued devices as well.
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US Senators call for probe into TikTok user data access
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee have called for an investigation into whether Chinese officials were getting access to data about American users of the short-video platform TikTok.
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TikTok is not handing over American users' data to China: CEO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 2 (ANI): TikTok, a 15-second video platform, has told US senators that it is taking all necessary steps to limit access to users' data from outside the United States, including by employees of its parent company, the Chinese group ByteDance.
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TikTok quietly changes its privacy policy for American users, to collect f
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 21 (ANI): Chinese video-sharing app TikTok quietly changed its privacy policy for American users earlier this month, allowing its app to collect users' faceprints, voiceprints and biometric data.
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