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President Donald Trump has issued multiple executive orders aimed at banning TikTok or forcing it to sell to US investors. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Samantha Lee/Business Insider The Commerce Department said it won't enforce an executive order that would have effectively banned TIkTok in the US in order to comply…

US delays TikTok ban Updated 1 day ago · Published on 13 Nov 2020 9:00AM · No deal has been finalised to transfer ownership of TikTok to an American business to allay security concerns. – AFP pic, November 13, 2020. THE United States government said yesterday it would delay enforcement…

Last Updated: 13th November, 2020 11:39 IST In line with PM Modi's vision, two brothers from Kashmir's Budgam district have created a mobile application which they say is an alternative to China's TikTok After India banned China-based highly popular TikTok in June following a border dispute with China in the…

So much has happened in 2020 that it is easy to forget one of the big tech stories. Earlier this year, governments around the world, including the US, threatened to ban TikTok. Used in over 150 countries, by more than 800 million users every month, the service has been accused…

tiktok who? — The administration's attention appears to have wandered into other fields. Kate Cox - Nov 12, 2020 10:45 pm UTC Enlarge / TikTok's US fate is up in the air, but at least you can still download and patch it.The Department of Commerce has put a stay on…

In this file photo illustration taken on November 21, 2019, the logo of the social media video-sharing app Tiktok is displayed on a tablet screen in Paris.  (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP).The US government has decided against enforcing its ban on Chinese-owned social media sensation TikTok to comply with…

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, filed a petition late on Tuesday with a US Appeals Court challenging a Trump administration order set to take effect on Thursday requiring it to divest TikTok.President Donald Trump in an August 14 order directed ByteDance to divest the app within…

Photo: Justin Sullivan / Staff (Getty Images)TikTok filed an injunction in a U.S. Appeals Court late Tuesday night in an attempt to halt an order by the Trump administration that would force the app to shutter.In the August 14 executive order, Trump directed the app to prohibit all new downloads…

Josh Rivera   | USA TODAY We're blowing off the lid on this drink scandal. Well, sort of.TikTok user mykah.mykah made a short video showing how a full small-sized McDonald's drink cup could almost fill medium- and large sized ones with the same amount of liquid.The video has been liked on…

TikTok’s U.K. branch has invited local lawmakers to review its algorithm and how it moderates content in an attempt to earn the trust of British policymakers who believe Beijing exerts influence on the short video app’s content moderation process, according to a report by CNBC.The move came after a member…