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Business
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Tech
4/25/2023 9:46:10 PM
TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules Tuesday to curb the power of digital companies.
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Business
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Tech
4/5/2023 10:17:48 PM
As lawmakers debate whether to ban TikTok nationwide, its Chinese parent company has introduced a new app that’s already getting some traction.
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World
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Region
4/4/2023 2:23:38 PM
Australia has become the last of the “Five Eyes” security partners to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from its federal government’s devices.
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Business
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Tech
3/24/2023 10:43:00 PM
France announced Friday it is banning the “recreational” use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and other apps on government employees' phones because of concern about insufficient data security measures.
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Business
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Tech
3/23/2023 1:32:13 PM
China’s government said Thursday it would oppose possible U.S. plans to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the short-video service as a security risk and warned such a move would hurt investor confidence in the United States.
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Business
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Tech
3/22/2023 3:17:01 PM
TikTok's CEO plans to tell Congress that the video-sharing app is committed to user safety, data protection and security, and keeping the platform free from Chinese government influence.
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Business
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Tech
3/20/2023 10:46:28 PM
The BBC said Monday that it had told staff to delete Chinese-owned video app TikTok unless it was needed for business reasons, with Western institutions increasingly taking a harder stance over data collection fears.
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Business
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Tech
3/16/2023 10:57:40 PM
TikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-sharing app with the Chinese government, or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf.
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World
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International
3/16/2023 4:04:13 PM
China urged the United States to stop "unreasonably suppressing" TikTok on Thursday after Washington gave the popular video-sharing app an ultimatum to part ways with its Chinese owners or face a nationwide ban.
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World
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Africa
3/9/2023 9:08:07 PM
Amnesty International on Thursday called on Ethiopian authorities to restore access to social media networks including Facebook, TikTok and Youtube as a blockade on some platforms entered its second month.
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World
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International
3/9/2023 9:07:06 PM
With his moustache caked in icicles and frozen droplets, glaciologist Peter Neff shows his 220,000 TikTok followers a sample of old ice excavated from Antarctica's Allan Hills.
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Business
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Economy
3/9/2023 1:39:00 PM
Middle-aged Austrian police officer Uwe and hip young Chechen social worker Ahmad may look like an unlikely duo, but their TikTok videos have become a huge hit in Austria.
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World
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International
3/9/2023 11:22:34 AM
Squeezing his eyes shut, a man breaks into song while filming himself getting a vasectomy -- a TikTok trend helping dispel misinformation about the procedure whose demand has soared following US upheaval over abortion rights.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/23/2023 4:46:09 PM
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II, and the first to see algorithms and TikTok videos deployed alongside fighter planes and tanks.
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Business
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Tech
2/23/2023 2:20:45 PM
The European Commission has banned TikTok on official devices used by staff amid concerns over data protection, a spokesperson told AFP on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
2/15/2023 10:15:57 PM
TikTok has seen an explosion in the numbers of its users, including in countries where it has gained a “bad reputation”.
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World
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Africa
2/11/2023 9:56:59 PM
Widespread tensions caused by a rift within Ethiopia's Orthodox Christian church have resulted in the suspension of access to social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook and Telegram.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
2/11/2023 4:47:39 PM
Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld on Saturday a six-year jail term and a fine of EGP 200,000 against TikTok influencer Mawada Eladhm and six others on human trafficking-related convictions.
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Egypt
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Society
1/22/2023 3:47:13 PM
Facebook is the most used social media platform in Egypt, followed by Instagram and then Tiktok, according to a survey conducted by the Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC) in January 2022.
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Business
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Tech
12/21/2022 11:37:02 AM
Many in the United States see TikTok, the highly popular video-sharing app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, as a threat to national security.
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