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TikTok a "potential national security risk," says White House
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While responding to a question on whether US President Joe Biden believes TikTok is a threat to national security, the White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "Well, we have said that we have concerns. We have concerns about the app. And that's why we have called on Congress
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White House gives federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The memo adds that within 90 days, agencies must address any use of the app by IT vendors through contracts and within 120 days agencies will include a new prohibition on TikTok in all new solicitations.
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ByteDance, Meta battle for virtual-reality market
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
ByteDance, the China-based owner of TikTok, is starting to snare market share in the virtual-reality headset space that Meta Platforms has identified as critical to its future, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Canada cybersecurity chief warns about data-harvesting apps as concerns gr
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based in China, has been accused of aggressive data harvesting from around the world. In the neighbouring United States, federal employees were banned from using the app on government-issued devices over national security concerns.
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US Senator requests hearing on national security concerns about TikTok
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sullivan expressed concern about the availability of US user data from TikTok to China-based employees of parent company ByteDance. Although federal agencies and some state governments have taken steps to restrict TikTok on official devices, more needs to be done to address concerns about th
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TikTok is "digital fentanyl", says incoming GOP China committee chair
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
TikTok, whose parent company, ByteDance has been banned from electronic devices managed by the US House of Representatives, according to an internal notice sent to House staff.
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Ban on TikTok's use on US government devices likely to trigger more prohib
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Congress may pass even more restrictions on the use of app after reports that employees at TikTok's Chinese parent, ByteDance, used the app to track the physical movements of some of its users, including two journalists.
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TikTok employees spied on US journalists
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, said on Thursday that an internal investigation found that employees had inappropriately obtained the data of US TikTok users, including that of two US reporters, according to an email seen by Reuters.
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Taiwan investigating China's TikTok over cyber security concerns
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taiwan is investigating Douyin International, the Chinese twin of hugely popular TikTok for allegedly illegally expanding social media business in the island nation.
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Wealth of China's super-rich individuals plummets as economy slumps
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The new Hurun Research Institute report released on Tuesday, reported that the number of affluent Chinese individuals is down 11 per cent from last year. Their total wealth has also shrunk 18 per cent year-on-year to 24.5 trillion yuan.
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Hundreds of TikTok employees previously worked for Chinese state media: Re
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 14 (ANI): Three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications, according to public employee LinkedIn profiles reviewed by Forbes.
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UK Parliament TikTok account banned over doubts of data breach by China
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 9 (ANI): Citing that Tiktok is providing user data to the Chinese government, the British Parliament has shut down its TikTok account, media reports said.
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