TikTok

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…

Miss Honey from Matilda might be an outright icon anyway, but the actress who played her, Embeth Davidtz, has made a cute appearance on TikTok to acknowledge her bisexual fans.  Embeth, 55, who played the caring teacher who took Matilda (Mara Wilson) under her wing and eventually adopted her, made…

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The platform received 11 emergency requests from the Canadian government Sep 22, 2020 11:32 AM EDT TikTok says it removed more than 104 million videos globally for violating its guidelines during the first half of 2020, which represents less than one percent of all videos uploaded. The social media giant…

schrödinger's acquisition — In which we try to answer questions such as: "What the actual heck is going on?" Kate Cox - Sep 21, 2020 7:10 pm UTC Enlarge / ¯_(ツ)_/¯It was a weird weekend to end a weird summer for one of the country's most poular social media apps,…

President Donald Trump would probably be surprised to learn that he is vindicating Marx’s claim that when history repeats itself, the second time is a farce. The administration’s odd war on TikTok echoes the period more than half a century ago when the US government was so worried about content…

UPDATE: September 20, 2020 at 1:35 PM EST— Crisis averted? Mega-popular app TikTok was set to be "de-platformed" at midnight tonight, disappearing from the Apple App Store and other online markets, but it looks like that won't happen after all. Why? TikTok Global.What's that? Tech giant Oracle and Walmart are…