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(Image credit: Bigstock/bigtunaonline) A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump’s ban that would have removed Tiktok from American app stores starting from midnight Sunday, court files showed. Why it matters: The court order grants the popular video-sharing app a reprieve amid ongoing deal negotiations to settle a US regulatory…

Photo: Lionel Bonaventure / AFP (Getty Images)A U.S federal judge has said that a ban on TikTok—scheduled for Monday, September 28—will not go ahead as planned. The delay will allow users to access the app on various app stores while the court explores the legality of banning a consumer application…

Illustration by Derek Zheng The past week has seen a very Trumpian news cycle regarding TikTok, the ByteDance-owned app that was set to be banned from U.S. app stores on September 20. Right before that, President Trump gave his “blessing” to a TikTok deal involving Oracle and Walmart, pushing back the…

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday filed legal opposition to TikTok's request to delay a ban on downloading the app, with a federal judge in Washington scheduling a hearing on the request for Sunday morning.Why it matters: The White House could have simply postponed the ban on its own…

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A month after TikTok rolled out multi-factor authentication (MFA) for its users, a ZDNet reader discovered that the company's new security feature was only enabled for the mobile app but not its website.This lapse in TikTok's MFA implementation opens the door for scenarios where a malicious threat actor could bypass…

Taio Cruz has quit TikTok after suffering from "suicidal thoughts" due to social media bullying.The Dynamite hitmaker announced he has deleted the app after he was targeted by "hateful" videos and comments in a post on his Instagram account, which he subsequently wiped. In his post, the British popstar wrote:…

TL;DR: With the deal between TikTok and Oracle/Walmart looking like no party can agree on terms, the app has filed for a preliminary injunction against the US ban set to start in a few days. The move comes after WeChat won a similar reprieve over the weekend. The saga began…

The outrageously popular short-video app TikTok has been on the frontline of the US-China trade war as the two superpowers quarrel over who will dominate global tech in the years to come.TikTok – the international version of Douyin – is nearly identical to its Chinese counterpart. The golden goose of…

TikTok parent ByteDance asked the Chinese government for approval to export technology, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. In August, China expanded its rules on exporting AI-based technology, effectively requiring that any TikTok deal receive its blessing. TikTok's powerful, secretive algorithm is its most valuable asset and has been a pivotal part of discussions…