Tag: tiktok
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Chinese users of AI companions bereft after government tightens regulations
Li Linlin cried for days after losing her AI boyfriend. She had exchanged about 700,000 words in messages over two years, and never got to say ... -
THE CEUTA MIRAGE
Runaway online rumors sparked frantic rush by migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta It started with Instagram posts that suggested Spain’s border with Morocco was ... -
Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province
A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned yesterday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during ... -
Malaysia orders TikTok to explain ‘grossly offensive’ fake content targeting king
Malaysia said yesterday it has ordered TikTok to explain and address what it described as the social media platform’s failure to act swiftly against offensive, defamatory and fake ... -
Australia moves to tax Meta, Google and TikTok to fund newsrooms
Australia has proposed taxing digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government released draft legislation yesterday it ... -
IShowSpeed celebrates 50 million YouTube subscribers while on tour in Africa
The American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed is on the final leg of a 28-day tour of Africa aimed at showcasing the continent’s cultural diversity, which is ... -
Thailand conference launches international initiative to fight online scams
Thailand yesterday helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia estimated to bilk ... -
Cambodia’s rising digital landscape of interest to GBA
Cambodia is fast becoming a strategic link in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) thanks to a wave of Chinese investment reshaping its economy. While ... -
Trump reveals Murdochs, Dell could take part in TikTok deal
President Donald Trump said prominent billionaires – including media mogul Rupert Murdoch and tech founder Michael Dell – could be part of a deal in which ... -
Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea in coming weeks and he’ll later go to China
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place at the end of October in South Korea and will ... -
US and China reach a framework deal for the ownership of TikTok
A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said ... -
China launches probes targeting US semiconductors ahead of Madrid trade talks
China launched two probes targeting the U.S. semiconductor sector over the weekend ahead of talks between the two nations in Spain this week on trade, national ... -
Equal consultation with mutual respect right way to settle TikTok issue
The forthcoming talks in Madrid between Chinese and United States negotiators over the TikTok issue highlight the importance of mutual respect and equal consultation in resolving ... -
Tech TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in the US
TikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the U.S., after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban. TikTok, ... -
New bid for TikTok from Perplexity AI could give US gov’t 50% stake
Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity ... -
TikTok tests US earnestness for cooperation
TikTok “temporarily” suspended its services in the United States on Saturday, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that a law requiring the app to sever ties with ... -
TikTok goes dark as US ban takes effect
Millions of TikTok users in the United States are no longer able to watch videos on the social media platform as a federal ban on the ... -
Xi and Trump talk about trade, fentanyl and TikTok
President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed trade, fentanyl and TikTok in a phone call this weekend, just days before Trump heads back to ... -
Coco Gauff writes ‘RIP TikTok USA’ on a TV camera at the Australian Open
American tennis star Coco Gauff mourned the loss of TikTok’s app back home, writing on a TV camera lens “RIP TikTok USA” and drawing a broken ... -
Xiaohongshu-linked stocks surge as app tops US download charts
The shares of a group of companies associated with Xiaohongshu continued their upward momentum on Wednesday, buoyed by the Instagram-style Chinese app’s ascent to the top ... -
TikTok creators left in limbo while awaiting decision on potential platform ban
Will TikTok be banned this month? That’s the pressing question keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision that could ... -
Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban
A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business. Desiree Hill, ... -
States sue TikTok, claiming its platform is addictive and harms the mental health of children
More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok yesterday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental ... -
Trump joins TikTok and calls it ‘an honor,’ although as president he tried to ban it
Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC ... -
Billionaire Frank McCourt says he’s putting together a consortium to buy TikTok
Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul Frank McCourt said earlier this week that he’s putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok’s U.S. business, adding to the ... -
TikTok has promised to sue over the potential US ban – the legal outlook
Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. received President Joe Biden’s official signoff. But the newly minted law could ... -
TikTok shouldn’t be a scapegoat of US political game
US President Joe Biden’s recent appearance on TikTok as part of an outreach to young voters ahead of the November election has, expectedly, sparked a controversy ... -
TikTok restricts tool used by researchers to assess content on its platform
TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about ... -
TikTok regrets Indonesia’s decision to ban e-commerce sales on social media
Chinese-owned app TikTok yesterday said it regretted the Indonesian government’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms and particularly the impact it would have ... -
TikTok’s Irish data center up and running as European privacy project gets under way
TikTok said yesterday that operations are underway at the first of its three European data centers, part of the popular Chinese owned app’s effort to ease ... -
Senate committee recommends ban on TikTok be extended to WeChat
An Australian Senate committee has recommended a ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from federal government devices be extended to China’s most popular social media ... -
Chinese livestreamers set their sights on TikTok sales to shoppers in the US and Europe
Chinese livestreamers have set their sights on TikTok shoppers in the U.S. and Europe, hawking everything from bags and apparel to crystals with their eyes on ... -
Banning TikTok could weaken personal cybersecurity
TikTok is not be the first app to be scrutinized over the potential exposure of U.S. user data, but it is the first widely used app ... -
China can’t get US data under plan: TikTok attorney
Under intense scrutiny from Washington that could lead to a potential ban, the top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance defended the social ... -
TikTok propaganda labels fall flat in ‘huge win’ for Russia
A year ago, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, TikTok started labeling accounts operated by Russian state propaganda agencies as a way to tell users they were ...
