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Google wants to fill TikTok void in India via ShareChat deal
Google is looking to enter India’s fast-growing short-video app space through a possible acquisition of Twitter-backed ShareChat application Read more…
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TikTok owner ByteDance on track to generate $27bn in ad revenue
TikTok-owner ByteDance is on track to generate at least 180 billion yuan ($27.2 billion) in advertising revenue in China this year Read more…
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TikTok vs US Govt: Commerce Department to defend Executive Order
The US Commerce Department said it would “vigorously defend” an executive order that would bar transactions with TikTok. Read more…
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TikTok competitor Triller making big plans, hoping to ‘trill’ investors
Triller Inc, a budding competitor to popular short-video app TikTok, is in discussions with blank-check acquisition companies. Read more…
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Pakistan blocks TikTok for failing to block ‘immoral and indecent’ content
Pakistan’s telecom regulator blocked TikTok for failing to filter out “immoral and indecent” content, another blow to the social media app. Read more…
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China tells WTO that US bans on TikTok and WeChat are rule violations
China said at a WTO meeting that restrictions by USA on Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat are in violation of the body’s rules. Read more…
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TikTok lives on as different US judge blocks app store ban
A US judge blocks a Trump admin order to ban TikTok downloads on US app stores, after another judge ruled the other way in a separate case. Read more…
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US judge declines to postpone TikTok app store ban
A judge rejects a request by TikTok content creators to temporarily block a government ban on US app stores offering the app. Read more…
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TikTok offers Australian government access to algorithm and source code
TikTok has told an Australian government committee that it will allow government officials to review its algorithm and test its source code. Read more…
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TikTok – end of old social media and start of a new era of social networks
Is it possible that the traditional social network concept has reached its limits? Is TikTok changing the whole social platform landscape? Read more…
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Social media is fragmenting and it is difficult to know where it will end
Social media used to be nice. It used to be where you found stories of your cousins’ holiday and pictures of adorable cats. Read more…
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Trump and the TikTok ban – a bit like the boy who cried wolf
Trump has threatened a TikTok ban “at least four times. How many more? It’s kind of like the boy who cried wolf.” It’s getting boring. Read more…
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What happens if deadline for sale of TikTok’s US business is missed?
Trump does not plan to extend a deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US business, with the process still mired in uncertainty. Read more…
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TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars in Singapore
TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore, its new Southeast Asia HQ. Read more…
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ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, Beijing, TikTok and US demands?
ByteDance was approached by the Chinese government with offers of help when TikTok, but its response signalled it wanted to go it alone. Read more…
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TikTok prospective buyers discussing four ways to structure an acquisition
TikTok’s prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance that could be worth $30bn. Read more…
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ByteDance sale of TikTok’s US operations could need Beijing’s approval
China’s new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance’s sale of TikTok’s US operations could need Beijing’s approval and complicate things. Read more…
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TikTok is booming in Southeast Asia tackling the big US firms head-on
TikTok is booming in Southeast Asia as a result of the global strategy ByteDance is implementing to avoid crackdowns in other regions. Read more…
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Vietnamese technology firm VNG is suing TikTok over song licences
Vietnamese technology firm VNG is suing TikTok saying it does not have adequate licences for the songs being used in its videos. Read more…
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TikTok preparing to mount legal challenge to Trump’s executive order
TikTok is preparing to mount a legal challenge to Trump’s executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app. Read more…