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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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Business
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Tech
12/20/2022 7:28:15 PM
TikTok would be banned from most US government devices under a government spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday, the latest push by American lawmakers against the Chinese-owned social media app.
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World
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Region
12/16/2022 7:09:35 PM
Jordan on Friday announced it was imposing a ``temporary ban'' on the social media platform TikTok, a day after a police officer was killed during clashes with protesters that broke out over high fuel prices.
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World
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International
12/8/2022 7:57:55 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron took aim at TikTok on Thursday, accusing the Chinese social network of censoring content and encouraging online addiction among young people.
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Egypt
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Society
10/22/2022 8:24:47 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Education warned schools and teachers last week to watch out for students involved in any “abnormal activities” following the emergence of videos on TikTok showing students participating in the so-called “blackout challenge”, which involves participants holding their breath until they pass out.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
9/29/2022 10:41:46 PM
An Alexandria prosecution ordered on Wednesday the detention of popular Egyptian TikToker Ibrahim Khalil for four days pending investigation into charges of promoting debauchery and indecency.
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Business
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Tech
9/15/2022 9:55:40 PM
TikTok on Thursday added an authenticity feature that has been a winner for French app BeReal, taking a page from Meta's playbook by copying a rival.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/22/2022 1:30:26 PM
You no longer need millions of dollars and a distribution deal to win prizes at the Cannes Film Festival -- just a mobile phone and a bit of ingenuity will do.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
4/18/2022 9:15:00 PM
A Cairo Criminal Court sentenced TikToker and influencer Haneen Hossam on Monday to three years — down from 10 — in prison and a EGP 200,000 fine over charges of human trafficking.
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World
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International
3/6/2022 10:08:42 PM
TikTok said Sunday that users won't be able to post new videos in Russia in response to the government's crackdown on social media.
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Business
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Tech
2/28/2022 11:27:42 PM
TikTok on Monday began letting users upload videos as long as 10 minutes, ramping up the young platform's challenge to veteran titan YouTube.
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Arts & Culture
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Entertainment
10/31/2021 7:56:41 PM
TikTok — the world leading video and entertainment platform — has launched on Sunday its ‘#FilmOnTikTok Competition’ to celebrate its sponsorship of the upcoming 43rd edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).
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