Tik Tok changes privacy policy, to soon start collecting American’s faces and voices
Beijing: Tik Tok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has recently changed its privacy policy for American users last week.
Washington/IBNs: US President Joe Biden has scrapped the Trump-era executive order to ban popular apps Tikok and WeChat and ordered a Commerce Department review to examine security risks posed by such foreign controlled applications to the people of the United States and their data, according to media reports.
Ban Chinese video-sharing apps like Likee and Tik Tok: Bangladesh security force chief
Bangladesh’s elite security battalion chief has recommended a ban on video-sharing apps like Chinese TikTok and Likee as they are being used to “conduct criminal activities”, Dhaka Tribune reported.
Twitter, Google, TikTok fined by Russian court for failing to comply with Moscow's directive
Moscow: A court in Russia has fined social network site Twitter 19 million rubles (USD 259,000) for not deleting content the country views as illegal, according to reports.
Pakistan: Peshawar High Court directs PTA to ban TikTok over 'obscene' content
Islamabad/UNI: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to ban TikTok — the popular social media platform for entertainment videos — for allegedly "spreading obscenity in society".
Bosnian Police prevent 2 minors from committing suicide over TikTok calls from Russia
Belgrade/Sputnik: Police of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) stopped two children from committing suicide over TikTok calls from Russia, police inspector Sasa Petrovic said on Saturday.
London: The European Consumer Organisation BEUC has filed a complaint with the European Commission and the network of consumer protection authorities against TikTok, the China-made video sharing platform extremely popular with children and teenagers.
US Commerce Department backs off from shutting down TikTok
Washington/Sputnik: The US Commerce Department is backing off from enforcing a shutdown of Chinese-owned TikTok video-sharing app after a federal court ruling prevented the move, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Canada's Shopify to partner with TikTok to facilitate merchants to sell things in-app
Ottawa/IBNS: In an attempt to grow its customer base and to facilitate it's one million-plus merchants' ease of advertising their products on the video-sharing app, Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify said Tuesday that it will be partnering with TikTok, a viral Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance.
Islamabad: Pakistan's Tik Tok star Jannat Mirza recently announced she has decided to shift to Japan due to the 'low mentality' of Pakistanis.
Donald Trump’s ban on TikTok downloads in US halted: Court Documents
Moscow/Sputnik: A US federal judge has blocked the ban of President Donald Trump’s administration on the downloads of TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, court documents show.
Donald Trump says sale of TikTok to Oracle has his approval
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has approved the purchase of TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, to US software company Oracle.
US to block downloading of WeChat and TikTok apps
Washington: People in the US will not be able to download TikTok and WeChat apps, officials said on Friday.
Microsoft says ByteDance refused to sell its TikTok’s US operations
Washington/Sputnik: ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok will not be selling parts of TikTok’s operations to Microsoft, the American tech giant announced on Monday.
TikTok’s parent company says will sue US President Donald Trump administration over executive order
Beijing/Sputnik: Chinese-based video-sharing app TikTok says it will sue the administration of US President Donald Trump over the latter’s executive order banning transactions with the parent company ByteDance.